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.


In Context

4 Thou dost not see the ass of thy brother, or his ox, falling in the way, and hast hid thyself from them; thou dost certainly raise them up with him.

5 The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God is any one doing these.

6 'When a bird's nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones;

7 thou 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.

8 'When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.

9 Thou dost not sow thy vineyard with divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7you 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.

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.