If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
Exodus 23:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall bring it back to him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. American Standard Version (1901) If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Common English Bible When you happen to come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey that has wandered off, you should bring it back to them. Catholic Public Domain Version If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him. |
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
or has found what was lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things which men do and sin therein,
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.