Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not see your countryman’s ox or his sheep straying away, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman.

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 ignore [your duty to help] them; you shall certainly take them back to him.

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.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt not see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

ox
שׁור 
Showr 
ox, bullock, cow, bull, wall
Usage: 78

or his sheep
שׂי שׂה 
Seh 
Usage: 47

go astray
נדח 
Nadach 
Usage: 53

and hide
עלם 
`alam 
Usage: 28

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

References

Easton

Context Readings

Caring For Your Brother's Property

1 "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. 2 And if your countryman [is] not near you or you do not know {who he is}, then you shall bring it {to your household}, and it shall be with you {until your countryman seeks after it}, and you shall return it to him.

Cross References

Exodus 23:4-5

" 'If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him

Deuteronomy 22:3-4

And thus [also] you shall do regarding his donkey, and thus you shall do concerning his garment, and so you shall do with respect to all [of] the lost property of your countryman that is lost from him and you find it; you are not allowed to withhold help.

Leviticus 20:4

And if the people of the land ever shut their eyes from that man at his giving {some of} his offspring to Molech, not putting him to death,

Proverbs 24:11

Rescue those who are led away to the death and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,

Proverbs 28:27

[For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will await him.

Isaiah 58:7

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

Ezekiel 34:4

The weak you [have] not strengthened, and the sick you [have] not healed, and {with respect to} the hurt you have not bound [them up], and you [have] not brought back the scattered, and you [have] not sought the lost, but [rather] you ruled over them with force and with ruthlessness.

Ezekiel 34:16

"I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind [up] the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice."

Matthew 10:6

but go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24

But he answered [and] said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Matthew 18:12-13

What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?

Luke 10:31-32

Now by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and [when he] saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.

Luke 15:4-6

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the grassland and go after the one that was lost until he finds it?

James 5:19-20

My brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth and someone turns him back,

1 Peter 2:25

For you were going astray like sheep, but you have turned back now to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

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