Deuteronomy 22:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) you shall let the mother go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may go well with you, and that you may live long. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall surely let the mother bird go, and take only the young, that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. American Standard Version (1901) thou 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. Common English Bible You must let the mother go, though you may take the young for yourself so that things go well for you and so you can prolong your life. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, you shall permit her to go, retaining the young that you have caught, so that it may be well with you, and you may live for a long time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But 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. |
And whether the mother is a cow or a ewe, you shall not kill both her and her young in one day.
“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if any one fall from it.
Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God gives you for ever.”
You shall walk in all the way which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land which you shall possess.