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Proverbs 6:31

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6:31Yet73 if he is caught74 he must repay75 seven times over,

he might even have to give76 all the wealth of his house.

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Footnotes

  1. 73 The term “yet” is supplied in the translation.
  2. 74 Heb “is found out.” The perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive is equivalent to the imperfect nuances. Here it introduces either a conditional or a temporal clause before the imperfect.
  3. 75 The imperfect tense has an obligatory nuance. The verb in the Piel means “to repay; to make restitution; to recompense”; cf. , , “must pay back.”
  4. 76 This final clause in the section is somewhat cryptic. The guilty thief must pay back sevenfold what he stole, even if it means he must use the substance of his whole house. The verb functions as an imperfect of possibility: “he might even give.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold;

he will give all the goods of his house.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,

though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;

he must give up all the wealth in his house.

NLTNew Living Translation

But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole,

even if he has to sell everything in his house.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if he is found, he will pay sevenfold,

every possession of his house he shall give.

KJV 1900King James Version

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;

He shall give all the substance of his house.