Parallel Verses
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.
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
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.
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.
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
'ach
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 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. 2 If thy brother be not nigh unto thee or if thou know him not, then bring them unto thine own house and let them be with thee, until thy brother ask after them, and then deliver him them again.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 23:4-5
When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or ass going astray, thou shalt bring them to him again.
Deuteronomy 22:3-4
In like manner shalt thou do with his ass, with his raiment and with all lost things of thy brother which he hath lost and thou hast found, and thou mayest not withdraw thyself.
Leviticus 20:4
And though that the people of the land hide their eyes from that fellow, when he giveth of his seed unto Moloch, so that they kill him not:
Proverbs 24:11
Deliver them that go unto death, and are led away to be slain, and be not negligent therein.
Proverbs 28:27
He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.
Isaiah 8:17
Thus I wait upon the LORD that hath turned his face from the house of Jacob, and I look unto him.
Isaiah 58:7
Yea, and to break the bread to the hungry; and to bring the poor that are harborless unto house; and when thou seest a naked, that thou clothe him and that thou shouldest withdraw thyself from helping thine own flesh?
Ezekiel 34:4
The weak have ye not holden up, the sick have ye not healed: the broken have ye not bound together, the outcasts have ye not brought again. The lost have ye not sought, but churlishly and cruelly have ye ruled them.
Ezekiel 34:16
Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
Matthew 10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:24
He answered, and said, "I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Matthew 18:12-13
How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them should be gone astray, doth he not leave ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek that one which is gone astray?
Luke 10:31-32
And by chance, there came a certain priest that same way, and when he saw him, he passed by.
Luke 15:4-6
"What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him?
James 5:19-20
Brethren if any of you err from the truth, and another convert him,
1 Peter 2:25
For ye were as sheep going astray: but are now returned unto the shepherd, and bishop of your souls.