Exodus 22:15
But if the owner be present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it were hired and came for the hire of his work.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quod si impræsentiarum dominus fuerit, non restituet, maxime si conductum venerat pro mercede operis sui.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐὰν δὲ ὁ κύριος ᾖ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἀποτίσει· ἐὰν δὲ μισθωτὸς ᾖ, ἔσται αὐτῷ ἀντὶ τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Exodus 22:14
- אִם בְּעָלָ֥יו עִמּ֖וֹ לֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑ם אִם שָׂכִ֣יר ה֔וּא בָּ֖א בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Especially, &c. This is a third case, in which the person who lends, suffers all the loss, in consideration of the money which he had received. Others explain, "If he be a hired servant, he shall pay out of his wages," Syriac. (Grotius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.