1 Corinthians 9:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For in the Law of Moses it is written, You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the corn. Is it [only] for oxen that God cares? [Deut. 25:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,

Common English Bible

In Moses’ Law it’s written: “You will not muzzle the ox when it is threshing”. Is God worried about oxen,

Catholic Public Domain Version

For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain." Is God here concerned with the oxen?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

1 Corinthians 9:9 Cross References

Psalm 104:27

These wait all upon thee, That thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Isaiah 28:28

Bread corn is ground; for he will not ever be threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.

Jonah 4:11

and should not I have pity on Nineveh, that great city; wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Romans 4:23

Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him;

Deuteronomy 25:4

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

1 Timothy 5:18

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his hire.