Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
Holman Bible
“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; make sure you return it to your brother.
International Standard Version
"When you see the ox or sheep of your fellow countryman straying, don't go away and leave it. Instead, be sure to return it to him.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them. Thou shall surely bring them again to thy brother.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother.
Amplified
“You shall not see your countryman’s ox or his sheep straying away or being stolen, and
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them back unto thy brother.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep wandering, and thou shalt not hide from them: turning back, thou shalt turn them back to thy brother.
King James 2000
You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and withhold your help from them: you shall certainly bring them again unto your brother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"You shall not watch the ox of your neighbor or his sheep or goat straying and ignore them; certainly you shall return them to your neighbor.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou see thy brother's ox or sheep go astray, thou shalt not withdraw thyself from them: But shalt bring them home again unto thy brother.
NET Bible
When you see your neighbor's ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep, going astray, and turn away from them, - thou shalt, bring them back unto thy brother.
Webster
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again to thy brother.
World English Bible
You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother;
Themes
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be brought back to its owners
Oxen » Laws respecting » Straying to be brought back to its owner
Interlinear
Ra'ah
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Nadach
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 22:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Caring For Your Brother's Property
1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother. 2 If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 23:4-5
If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him
Deuteronomy 22:3-4
Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.
Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,
Proverbs 24:11
Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.
Isaiah 8:17
And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.
Ezekiel 34:16
I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.
Matthew 10:6
But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
Matthew 15:24
But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 18:12-13
What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?
Luke 10:31-32
And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.
Luke 15:4-6
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?
James 5:19-20
My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,
1 Peter 2:25
Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.