Exodus 22:15 - Compare All Versions
Exodus 22:14-15 MSG (The Message)
“If someone borrows an animal from a neighbor and it gets injured or dies while the owner is not present, he must pay for it. But if the owner was with it, he doesn’t have to pay. If the animal was hired, the payment covers the loss. * * *
Exodus 22:15 KJV (King James Version)
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 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
If its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire.
Exodus 22:15 NCV (New Century Version)
But if the owner is with the animal, the one who borrowed it does not have to pay. If the animal was rented, the rental price covers the loss.
Exodus 22:15 ASV (American Standard Version)
If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
Exodus 22:15 NIV (New International Version)
But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
Exodus 22:15 NKJV (New King James Version)
If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.
Exodus 22:15 AMP (Amplified Bible)
But if the owner is with it [when the damage is done], the borrower shall not make restitution. If it was hired, the damage is included in [the price of] its fee.
Exodus 22:15 NLT (New Living Translation)
But if the owner was present, no compensation is required. And no compensation is required if the animal was rented, for this loss is covered by the rental fee.
Exodus 22:15 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.