Deuteronomy 22:1 “If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it…”

Deuteronomy 22:1

If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe nor his sheepe go astray, and withdraw thy selfe from them, but shalt bring the againe vnto thy 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.

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;

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.

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Cross references

“Thou shalt”

Ezekiel 34:16 Ezekiel 34:4 Matthew 10:6 Matthew 15:24 Luke 15:4–6 1 Peter 2:25

Ezekiel 34:16 · BSB

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Ezekiel 34:4 · BSB

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Matthew 10:6 · BSB

Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

Matthew 15:24 · BSB

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Luke 15:4–6 · BSB

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

1 Peter 2:25 · BSB

For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

“hide thyself”

Proverbs 24:11 Isaiah 58:7 Leviticus 20:4 Proverbs 28:27 Isaiah 8:17 Deuteronomy 22:3

Proverbs 24:11 · BSB

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

Isaiah 58:7 · BSB

Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Leviticus 20:4 · BSB

And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

Proverbs 28:27 · BSB

Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

Isaiah 8:17 · BSB

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Deuteronomy 22:3 · BSB

And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

Read Deuteronomy 22