Proverbs 6:30
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
American King James Version (AKJV)
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
Webster's Revision
Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
World English Bible
Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
English Revised Version (ERV)
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
Clarke's Proverbs 6:30 Bible Commentary
Men do not despise a thief if he steal - Every man pities the poor culprit who was perishing for lack of food, and stole to satisfy his hunger; yet no law clears him: he is bound to make restitution; in some cases double, in others quadruple and quintuple; and if he have not property enough to make restitution, to be sold for a bondsman; Exodus 22:1-4; Leviticus 25:39.
Wesley's Proverbs 6:30 Bible Commentary
6:30 Despise - Abhor, but rather pity him.