Deuteronomy 22:7
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.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- sed abire patieris, captos tenens filios : ut bene sit tibi, et longo vivas tempore.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀποστολῇ ἀποστελεῖς τὴν μητέρα, τὰ δὲ παιδία λήμψῃ σεαυτῷ, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ πολυήμερος γένῃ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- שַׁלֵּ֤חַ תְּשַׁלַּח֙ אֶת הָאֵ֔ם וְאֶת הַבָּנִ֖ים תִּֽקַּֽח לָ֑ךְ לְמַ֨עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֖ יָמִֽים
Haydock's commentary
Time. Those who refrain from cruelty, even towards beasts, will be induced more easily to shew mercy to their fellow creatures, (Tertullian, contra Marc. ii.) and will draw down the blessings of God upon themselves. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.