“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 (KJV)
Context Reading
13If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14¶ And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 16¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.