Deuteronomy 22:3
New International Version
Do the same if you find their donkey or cloak or anything else they have lost. Do not ignore it.

New Living Translation
Do the same if you find your neighbor’s donkey, clothing, or anything else your neighbor loses. Don’t ignore your responsibility.

English Standard Version
And you shall do the same with his donkey or with his garment, or with any lost thing of your brother’s, which he loses and you find; you may not ignore it.

Berean Standard Bible
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
You shall do the same with his donkey, and so shall you do with his garment; with any lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found, you shall do likewise; you must not hide yourself.

New American Standard Bible
You shall also do this with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with any lost property of your countryman, which has been lost by him and you have found. You are not allowed to avoid them.

NASB 1995
“Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them.

NASB 1977
“And thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do likewise with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your brother, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to ignore them.

Amplified Bible
You shall do this with his donkey or with his garment or with anything that your countryman has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to ignore [your duty to help] them.

Christian Standard Bible
Do the same for his donkey, his garment, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do the same for his donkey, his garment, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

American Standard Version
And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
So do for his ox or his donkey or his garment and so do with every lost item that is lost by him, and you find it; it is not legal for you to ignore.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus shalt thou do to his ass, and thus shalt thou do to his garment, and thus shalt thou do to every thing that thy brother has lost; whatsoever shall have been lost by him, and thou shalt have found, thou shalt not have power to overlook.

Contemporary English Version
That's what you should do if you find anything that belongs to someone else. Do whatever you can to help, whether you find a cow or sheep or donkey or some clothing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt do in like manner with his ass, and with his raiment, and with every thing that is thy brother's, which is lost: if thou find it, neglect it not as pertaining to another.

English Revised Version
And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do the same if you find a donkey, some clothes, or anything else that another Israelite may have lost. Don't pretend that you don't know what to do.

Good News Translation
Do the same thing if you find a donkey, a piece of clothing, or anything else that an Israelite may have lost.

International Standard Version
Do the same for his donkey, his garment, and for anything lost that belongs to your fellow countryman. When you find it, you must not ignore it.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found; thou mayest not hide thyself.

Literal Standard Version
and so you do to his donkey, and so you do to his garment, and so you do to any lost thing of your brother’s, which is lost by him, and you have found it; you are not able to hide yourself.

Majority Standard Bible
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

New American Bible
You shall do the same with a donkey; you shall do the same with a garment; and you shall do the same with anything else which your neighbor loses and you happen to find. You may not ignore them.

NET Bible
You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall do the same with a neighbor’s donkey; you shall do the same with a neighbor’s garment; and you shall do the same with anything else that your neighbor loses and you find. You may not withhold your help.

New Heart English Bible
So you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his garment; and so you shall do with every lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself.

Webster's Bible Translation
In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost things of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

World English Bible
So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself.

Young's Literal Translation
and so thou dost to his ass, and so thou dost to his garment, and so thou dost to any lost thing of thy brother's, which is lost by him, and thou hast found it; thou art not able to hide thyself.

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Context
Various Laws
2If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him. 3And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it. 4If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:2
If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

Deuteronomy 22:4
If you see your brother's donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.


Treasury of Scripture

In like manner shall you do with his ass; and so shall you do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found, shall you do likewise: you may not hide yourself.

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Deuteronomy 22
1. Of humanity toward brothers
5. The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
6. The bird is not to be taken with her young ones
8. The house must have battlements
9. Confusion is to be avoided
12. Tassels upon the vesture
13. The punishment of him who slanders his wife
22. of adultery
23. of rape
28. of fornication
30. of incest
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And you shall do
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the same
וְכֵ֧ן (wə·ḵên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

for his donkey,
לַחֲמֹר֗וֹ (la·ḥă·mō·rōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2543: A male ass

his cloak,
לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ֒ (lə·śim·lā·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8071: A dress, a mantle

or anything
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

your brother
אָחִ֛יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

has lost
אֲבֵדַ֥ת (’ă·ḇê·ḏaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 9: Something lost, destruction, Hades

and you have found.
וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ (ū·mə·ṣā·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

You must
תוּכַ֖ל (ṯū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

ignore it.
לְהִתְעַלֵּֽם׃ (lə·hiṯ·‘al·lêm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5956: To veil from sight, conceal


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