Exodus 21:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
In context
14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
16 Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
18 If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
Exodus 21:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
- KJV King James 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.
- WEB 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.
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall certainly be put to death.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.