Deuteronomy 22:7 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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.

Deuteronomy 22:7 Cross References

Proverbs 22:4

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life.

Leviticus 22:28

And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

Deuteronomy 22:8

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Deuteronomy 5:33

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.