KJV 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.
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Deuteronomy 22:1
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 22
1 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.
2 And if thy brother [be] not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
4 Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתִרְאֶה֩H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שׁ֨וֹרH7794 · shorcattleאָחִ֜יךָH251 · achbrother: male-siblingא֤וֹH176 · oorאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵׂיוֹ֙H7716 · sehsheepנִדָּחִ֔יםH5080 · na.dachto banishוְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖H5956 · a.lamto concealמֵהֶ֑םH9038 · hemthemהָשֵׁ֥בH7725 · shuvto return: returnתְּשִׁיבֵ֖םH7725 · shuvto return: returnלְאָחִֽיךָ׃H251 · achbrother: male-sibling
Cross-references
Exodus 23:4-5If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.Deuteronomy 22:3-4In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.Proverbs 24:11If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;Ezekiel 34:16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.Isaiah 58:7[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Proverbs 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.Luke 10:31-32And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.Matthew 10:6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Matthew 18:12-13How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?Leviticus 20:4And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:Ezekiel 34:4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up [that which was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.James 5:19-20Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Luke 15:4-6What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.1 Peter 2:25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
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