Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession. New Living Translation “Kidnappers must be put to death, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves. English Standard Version “Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death. Berean Standard Bible Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession. King James Bible And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. New King James Version “He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death. New American Standard Bible “Now one who kidnaps someone, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall certainly be put to death. NASB 1995 “He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death. NASB 1977 “And he who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death. Legacy Standard Bible “He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death. Amplified Bible “Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, must be put to death. Christian Standard Bible “Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession. Holman Christian Standard Bible Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession.” American Standard Version And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He who will steal a person and will sell him and be found with him surely shall be killed. Brenton Septuagint Translation Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die. Contemporary English Version Death is the punishment for kidnapping. If you sell the person you kidnapped, or if you are caught with that person, the penalty is death. Douay-Rheims Bible He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death. English Revised Version And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Whoever kidnaps another person must be put to death, whether he has sold the kidnapped person or still has him. Good News Translation "Whoever kidnaps someone, either to sell him or to keep him as a slave, is to be put to death. International Standard Version "Whoever kidnaps a person, whether he has sold him or whether the victim is still in his possession, is certainly to be put to death. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Literal Standard Version And he who steals a man, and has sold him, and he has been found in his hand, is certainly put to death. Majority Standard Bible Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession. New American Bible A kidnapper, whether he sells the person or the person is found in his possession, shall be put to death. NET Bible "Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death. New Revised Standard Version Whoever kidnaps a person, whether that person has been sold or is still held in possession, shall be put to death. New Heart English Bible "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his possession, he shall surely be put to death. Webster's Bible Translation And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he shall be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. World English Bible “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Young's Literal Translation 'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Personal Injury Laws…15Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death. 16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession. 17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.… Cross References 1 Timothy 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching Exodus 20:15 You shall not steal. Exodus 21:15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death. Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you. Treasury of Scripture And he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. stealeth Genesis 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 1 Timothy 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; selleth him Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. found in Exodus 22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. Jump to Previous Caught Death Either Found Gets Hand Order Possession Power Price Selleth Sells Sold Someone Stealeth Steals Surely WhetherJump to Next Caught Death Either Found Gets Hand Order Possession Power Price Selleth Sells Sold Someone Stealeth Steals Surely WhetherExodus 21 1. Laws for men servants5. For the servant whose ear is bored 7. For women servants 12. For manslaughter 16. For kidnappers 17. For cursers of parents 18. For smiters 22. For a hurt by chance 28. For an ox that gores 33. For him who is an occasion of harm Verse 16. - He that stealeth a man. Kidnapping, or stealing men to make them slaves, was a very early and very wide-spread crime. Joseph' s brothers must be regarded as having committed it (Genesis 37:28); and there are many traces of it in the remains of antiquity. (See Herod. 4:183; Strab. 7. p. 467; Sueton. Octav. § 32; etc.) Most kidnapping was of foreigners; and this was a practice of which the laws of states took no cognizance, though a certain disrepute may have attached to it. But the kidnapping of a fellow-country-man was generally punished with severity. At Athens it was a capital offence. At Rome it made a man infamous. We may gather from Deuteronomy 24:7, that the Mosaic law was especially levelled against this lena of the crime, though the words of the present passage are general, and forbid the crime altogether. Man-stealing, in the general sense, is now regarded as an offence by the chief civilised states of Europe and America, and is punished by confiscation of the stolen goods, and sometimes by imprisonment of the man-stealers. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoever kidnapsוְגֹנֵ֨ב (wə·ḡō·nêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive another man אִ֧ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person must be put to death, מ֥וֹת (mō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 4191: To die, to kill whether he sells him וּמְכָר֛וֹ (ū·mə·ḵā·rōw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 4376: To sell or the man is found וְנִמְצָ֥א (wə·nim·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present in his possession. בְיָד֖וֹ (ḇə·yā·ḏōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand Links Exodus 21:16 NIVExodus 21:16 NLT Exodus 21:16 ESV Exodus 21:16 NASB Exodus 21:16 KJV Exodus 21:16 BibleApps.com Exodus 21:16 Biblia Paralela Exodus 21:16 Chinese Bible Exodus 21:16 French Bible Exodus 21:16 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 21:16 Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him (Exo. 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