But if it was stolen ¹  from him, ²  he will pay its owner.

biblegateway Exo 22:12

"But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

But if, in fact, the animal was stolen from his custody, he must make restitution to its owner.

But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must make up for the owner’s loss.

biblegateway Exo 22:12

But if the animal was stolen from the neighbour, he must make restitution to the owner.

But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

bibleoremus Exo 22:12

But if it was stolen, restitution shall be made to its owner.

If it has been stolen from the neighbour, he must make restitution to its owner.

biblegateway Exo 22:12

"But if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

biblegateway Exo 22:12

But if it was stolen ¹  from him, ²  he will pay its owner.

¹ tn Both with this verb “stolen” and in the next clauses with “torn in pieces,” the text uses the infinitive absolute construction with less than normal emphasis; as Gesenius says, in conditional clauses, an infinitive absolute stresses the importance of the condition on which some consequence depends (GKC 342-43 §113.o).

² sn The point is that the man should have taken better care of the animal.