Deuteronomy 22:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י יִקָּרֵ֣א קַן־צִפּ֣וֹר ׀ לְפָנֶ֡יךָ בַּדֶּ֜רֶךְ בְּכָל־עֵ֣ץ ׀ א֣וֹ עַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים֙ א֣וֹ בֵיצִ֔ים וְהָאֵ֤ם רֹבֶ֙צֶת֙ עַל־הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔ים א֖וֹ עַל־הַבֵּיצִ֑ים לֹא־תִקַּ֥ח הָאֵ֖ם עַל־הַבָּנִֽים׃

Transliteration

When yiqqārēʾ qan-ṣippôr before-you in-the-derek in-any-ʿēṣ or on-the-ʾāreṣ ʾep̄rōḥîm or bêṣîm and-the-ʾēm rōbeṣet on-the-ʾep̄rōḥîm or on-the-bêṣîm not-tiqqaḥ the-ʾēm with-the-bānîm.

Grammar Details

*yiqqārēʾ*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - happens to be/is encountered
*qan*: noun masculine singular construct - nest
*ṣippôr*: noun common singular - bird
*derek*: noun masculine singular - way/road
*ʿēṣ*: noun masculine singular - tree
*ʾāreṣ*: noun feminine singular - ground/earth
*ʾep̄rōḥîm*: noun masculine plural - young birds/chicks
*bêṣîm*: noun feminine plural - eggs
*ʾēm*: noun feminine singular - mother
*rōbeṣet*: qal participle feminine singular - sitting/crouching
*tiqqaḥ*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall take
*bānîm*: noun masculine plural - children/young

Word Meanings

*yiqqārēʾ*: happens to be/is encountered/you chance upon
*qan*: nest/dwelling
*ṣippôr*: bird/sparrow
*rōbeṣet*: sitting/crouching/brooding
*bānîm*: children/young ones/offspring

ℹ️

About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
Serious Bible students
Readers conducting word studies
Those referencing Hebrew/Greek tools

Consider alternatives for

Casual readers
Children and early teens
ESL learners seeking simple English
Readers preferring contemporary language

🔄 Compare with

ESVNIVCSBNLTNASBNET

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

Lev 22:28 : 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Hos 10:14 : 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
Luke 12:6 : 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Gen 32:11 : 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 22:7
87%
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.
Lev 22:28
72%
28And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
Job 39:13-14
2 verses
72%
13The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
14For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
Deut 32:11
72%
11As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.
Deut 22:4-5
2 verses
72%
4Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
5A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
Exod 34:26
71%
26The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Isa 34:15
71%
15There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.
Exod 23:19
71%
19The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.
Deut 22:1
70%
1Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother.
Deut 14:20-21
2 verses
70%
20Of all clean birds ye may eat.
21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Prov 30:17
70%
17The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
Deut 14:11-12
2 verses
70%
11Of all clean birds ye may eat.
12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
Deut 28:26
70%
26And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
Jer 17:11
70%
11As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
Ps 104:17
69%
17Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
Deut 4:17
69%
17the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,
Deut 24:17
69%
17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Exod 22:30
69%
30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Lev 1:16
69%
16and he shall take away its crop with the filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes:
Job 39:27
69%
27Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
Lev 11:13-14
2 verses
69%
13And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
14and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
Deut 28:56-57
2 verses
69%
56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
57and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Lev 11:19-20
2 verses
68%
19and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
20All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.
Deut 19:14
68%
14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Ps 84:3
68%
3Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.
Deut 22:9
68%
9Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
Exod 22:22
68%
22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Lev 19:19
68%
19Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.
Prov 6:5
68%
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Prov 22:6
68%
6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Num 6:10
68%
10And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting:
Prov 27:8
68%
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Deut 14:18
68%
18and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Deut 14:15
68%
15and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
Matt 6:26
67%
26Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?
Lev 1:14
67%
14And if his oblation to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of birds, then he shall offer his oblation of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.
Deut 12:25
67%
25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Exod 34:20
67%
20And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
Deut 15:21
67%
21And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.
Deut 28:31
67%
31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.