Deuteronomy 22:1

What does Deuteronomy 22:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 22:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`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;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy brother's ox, or his sheep go astray: but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 18:12

    How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

  • 1 Peter 2:25

    For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  • Proverbs 24:11

    Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

  • Isaiah 8:17

    And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  • Leviticus 20:4

    And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

  • Luke 10:31

    And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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