7you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.


In Context

4 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again.

5 A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

6 If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young:

7 you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.

8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.

9 You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard.

Deuteronomy 22:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7[But] thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] days.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:7You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:7But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:7thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7thou shalt in any case let the dam go, and thou mayest take the young to thee, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:7thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7thou dost certainly send away the mother, and the young ones dost take to thyself, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast prolonged days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7But you shall in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to you; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.