Protestantism
English
They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
Men do not despise a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
[Men] do not take a thief lightly, [even] if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
People do not despise a thief when he steals to fill himself1 when he is hungry.
- Or “soul,” or “inner self”
They do not despise a thief, if he steals to fill his appetite when he is hungry.
They do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Men do not overlook a thief, Though he steal to satisfy his appetite, when he is hungry;
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Catholicism
English
The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:
Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul.1
- 6:30The fault is not so great, etc: The sin of theft is not so great, as to be compared with adultery: especially when a person pressed with hunger (which is the case here spoken of) steals to satisfy nature. Moreover the damage done by theft may much more easily be repaired, than the wrong done by adultery. But this does not hinder, but that theft also is a mortal sin, forbidden by one of the ten commandments.(Challoner)