Bible verses about "restitution" | YLT

¹ And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' <sup>2</sup> and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.
<sup>3</sup> And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah; <sup>4</sup> and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present, <sup>5</sup> and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
<sup>6</sup> And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen? ⁷ Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'
⁸ And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, `Let us go into the field;' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
<sup>9</sup> And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where is Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper—I?' <sup>10</sup> And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground; ¹¹ and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; ¹² when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee—a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'
¹³ And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne; <sup>14</sup> lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been—every one finding me doth slay me.' <sup>15</sup> And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore—of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
¹⁶ And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden; ¹⁷ and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son—Enoch. ¹⁸ And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech.
¹⁹ And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah. ²⁰ And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions; ²¹ and the name of his brother is Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ. ²² And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain is Naamah.
²³ And Lamech saith to his wives: —`Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear to my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt; <sup>24</sup> For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
<sup>25</sup> And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him. ²⁶ And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.

¹⁵ `When a person committeth a trespass, and hath sinned through ignorance against the holy things of Jehovah, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation in silver—shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary—for a guilt-offering.

¹ `And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, <sup>2</sup> and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God: <sup>3</sup> `Blessed art thou in the city, and blessed art thou in the field. ⁴ `Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock. <sup>5</sup> `Blessed is thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ⁶ `Blessed art thou in thy coming in, and blessed art thou in thy going out. <sup>7</sup> `Jehovah giveth thine enemies, who are rising up against thee—smitten before thy face; in one way they come out unto thee, and in seven ways they flee before thee. ⁸ `Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. <sup>9</sup> `Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways; ¹⁰ and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee. ¹¹ `And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee. <sup>12</sup> `Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure—the heavens—to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou—thou dost not borrow. ¹³ `And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do, <sup>14</sup> and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day—right or left—to go after other gods, to serve them.
<sup>15</sup> `And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee: ¹⁶ `Cursed art thou in the city, and cursed art thou in the field. <sup>17</sup> `Cursed is thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ¹⁸ `Cursed is the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock. <sup>19</sup> `Cursed art thou in thy coming in, and cursed art thou in thy going out. ²⁰ `Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings by which thou hast forsaken Me. <sup>21</sup> `Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it. ²² `Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish <sup>23</sup> `And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron; ²⁴ Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land—dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed. ²⁵ `Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth; <sup>26</sup> and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling. <sup>27</sup> `Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed. ²⁸ `Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; <sup>29</sup> and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour. <sup>30</sup> `A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common; ³¹ thine ox is slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass is taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep are given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee. ³² `Thy sons and thy daughters are given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God! <sup>33</sup> The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days; <sup>34</sup> and thou hast been mad, because of the sight of thine eyes which thou dost see. <sup>35</sup> `Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown. ³⁶ `Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone; <sup>37</sup> and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee. <sup>38</sup> `Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it; ³⁹ vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it; ⁴⁰ olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off. ⁴¹ `Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity; <sup>42</sup> all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess; <sup>43</sup> the sojourner who is in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low; <sup>44</sup> he doth lend to thee, and thou dost not lend to him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.
<sup>45</sup> `And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee; ⁴⁶ and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed—to the age. ⁴⁷ `Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things— <sup>48</sup> thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee. <sup>49</sup> `Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard, ⁵⁰ a nation—fierce of countenance—which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour; ⁵¹ and it hath eaten the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, till thou art destroyed; which leaveth not to thee corn, new wine, and oil, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock, till it hath destroyed thee. ⁵² `And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee; <sup>53</sup> and thou hast eaten the fruit of thy body, flesh of thy sons and thy daughters (whom Jehovah thy God hath given to thee), in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemies do straiten thee. <sup>54</sup> `The man who is tender in thee, and who is very delicate—his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth, ⁵⁵ against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates. ⁵⁶ `The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness—her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter, <sup>57</sup> and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates. <sup>58</sup> `If thou dost not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honoured and fearful name—Jehovah thy God— ⁵⁹ then hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes of thy seed—great strokes, and stedfast, and evil sicknesses, and stedfast. ⁶⁰ `And He hath brought back on thee all the diseases of Egypt, of the presence of which thou hast been afraid, and they have cleaved to thee; <sup>61</sup> also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the book of this law; Jehovah doth cause them to go up upon thee till thou art destroyed, <sup>62</sup> and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God. <sup>63</sup> `And it hath been, as Jehovah hath rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so doth Jehovah rejoice over you to destroy you, and to lay you waste; and ye have been pulled away from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it; ⁶⁴ and Jehovah hath scattered thee among all the peoples, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth; and thou hast served there other gods which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers—wood and stone. ⁶⁵ `And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul; <sup>66</sup> and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not believe in thy life; <sup>67</sup> in the morning thou sayest, O that it were evening! and in the evening thou sayest, O that it were morning! from the fear of thy heart, with which thou art afraid, and from the sight of thine eyes which thou seest. <sup>68</sup> `And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.'

²⁷ And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

⁵² Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish; ⁵³ dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers? ⁵⁴ how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'

⁹ if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

⁵ `And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; ⁶ whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

² `If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; ³ if the sun hath risen upon him, blood is for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

¹ `When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

²⁴ eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, ²⁵ burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

⁶ `Speak unto the sons of Israel, Man or woman, when they do any of the sins of man, by committing a trespass against Jehovah, and that person is guilty, ⁷ and they have confessed their sin which they have done, then he hath restored his guilt in its principal, and its fifth is adding to it, and hath given it to him in reference to whom he hath been guilty.

¹ And having entered, he was passing through Jericho, ² and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich, ³ and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small, ⁴ and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that way he was about to pass by. ⁵ And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, `Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;' <sup>6</sup> and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing; <sup>7</sup> and having seen it, they were all murmuring, saying—`With a sinful man he went in to lodge!' ⁸ And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.' <sup>9</sup> And Jesus said unto him—`To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; ¹⁰ for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

⁴ for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance is Mine,

⁸ and if any one for his own—and especially for those of the household—doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

¹ `When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. <sup>2</sup> `If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; ³ if the sun hath risen upon him, blood is for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft; ⁴ if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep—double he repayeth. ⁵ `When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, of the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay. <sup>6</sup> `When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.
⁷ `When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double. <sup>8</sup> `If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour; ⁹ for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour. ¹⁰ `When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing— <sup>11</sup> an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay; <sup>12</sup> but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner; <sup>13</sup> if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in—a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay. <sup>14</sup> `And when a man doth ask anything from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died—its owner not being with it—he doth certainly repay; ¹⁵ if its owner is with it, he doth not repay, —if it is a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.
¹⁶ `And when a man doth entice a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; <sup>17</sup> if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins. <sup>18</sup> `A witch thou dost not keep alive. ¹⁹ `Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death. <sup>20</sup> `He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted. ²¹ `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt. <sup>22</sup> `Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict; ²³ if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry; ²⁴ and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
²⁵ `If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; <sup>26</sup> if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him: <sup>27</sup> for it alone is his covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I am gracious. <sup>28</sup> `God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse. ²⁹ `Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me; <sup>30</sup> so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me. <sup>31</sup> `And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.