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.
Deuteronomy 22:1 in other translations
| BSB | If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother. |
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| WEB | 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 | 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 | ‘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; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your 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. |
What does Deuteronomy 22:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
De 22:1-4. Of Humanity toward Brethren.
1. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them, &c.--"Brother" is a term of extensive application, comprehending persons of every description; not a relative, neighbor, or fellow countryman only, but any human being, known or unknown, a foreigner, and even an enemy (Ex 23:4). The duty inculcated is an act of common justice and charity, which, while it was taught by the law of nature, was more clearly and forcibly enjoined in the law delivered by God to His people. Indifference or dissimulation in the circumstances supposed would not only be cruelty to the dumb animals, but a violation of the common rights of humanity; and therefore the dictates of natural feeling, and still more the authority of the divine law, enjoined that the lost or missing property of another should be taken care of by the finder, till a proper opportunity occurred of restoring it to the owner.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Ordinances relative to strayed cattle and lost goods, Deu 22:1-3. Humanity to oppressed cattle, Deu 22:4. Men and women shall not wear each other's apparel, Deu 22:5. No bird shall be taken with her nest of eggs or young ones, Deu 22:6, Deu 22:7. Battlements must be made on the roofs of houses, Deu 22:8. Improper mixtures to be avoided, Deu 22:9-11. Fringes on the garments, Deu 22:12. Case of the hated wife, and the tokens of virginity, and the proceedings thereon, Deu 22:13-21. The adulterer and adulteress to be put to death, Deu 22:22. Case of the betrothed damsel corrupted in the city, Deu 22:23, Deu 22:24. Cases of rape and the punishment, Deu 22:25-27; of fornication, Deu 22:28, Deu 22:29. No man shall take his father's wife, Deu 22:30. Verse 1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray - The same humane, merciful, and wise regulations which we met with before, Exo 23:4, Exo 23:5, well calculated to keep in remembrance the second grand branch of the law of God, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. A humane man cannot bear to see even an ass fall under his burden, and not endeavor to relieve him; and a man who loves his neighbor as himself cannot see his property in danger without endeavoring to preserve it. These comparatively small matters were tests and proofs of matters great in themselves, and in their consequences. See the note on Exo 23:4.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:1-4
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Deuteronomy 22:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 22:1
- Exodus 23:4-5
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
- 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 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
- Deuteronomy 22:3-4
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. 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.
- Ezekiel 34:16
I 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.
- Leviticus 20:4
And 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:
- Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Matthew 18:12-13
How 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? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
- Ezekiel 34:4
The 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.
- Matthew 10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Proverbs 28:27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
- Matthew 15:24
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5 The sex is to be distinguished by apparel.
6 The dam is not to be taken with her young ones.
8 The house must have battlements.
9 Confusion is to be avoided.
12 Fringes upon the vesture.
13 The punishment of him that slanders his wife.
22 Of adultery;
23 of rape;
28 of fornication;
30 of incest.
Thou shalt.
Ex 23:4; Eze 34:4,16; Mt 10:6; 15:24; 18:12,13; Lu 15:4-6
Jas 5:19,20; 1Pe 2:25
hide thyself.
3,4; Le 20:4; Pr 24:11; 28:27; Isa 8:17; 58:7; Lu 10:31,32
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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.
- Deuteronomy 22:2
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.
Deuteronomy 22:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | NO verás el buey de tu hermano, ó su cordero, perdidos, y te retirarás de ellos: precisamente los volverás á tu hermano. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu vois le bœuf de ton frère, ou son mouton, égarés, tu ne te cacheras pas de devant eux: tu ne manqueras pas de les ramener à ton frère. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst nicht das Rind deines Bruders oder sein Kleinvieh irregehen sehen und dich ihnen entziehen; du sollst sie deinem Bruder jedenfalls zurückbringen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non videbis bovem fratris tui, aut ovem errantem, et præteribis: sed reduces fratri tuo, |