King James Version
Exodus 22:15 in the King James Version says “But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.”
Exodus 22:15 · KJV
If it be torn in pieces , then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. pay: Heb. weigh
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“But if the owner”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“thereof be with it he shall not make it good”
H7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“for his hire”
H7939payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
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