1 Corinthians 9:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ For it has been written in the Torah of Mosheh, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it about oxen Elohim is concerned?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

⁹ 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?

1 Corinthians 9:9 Cross References

Psalm 104:27

All of them wait for You, To give their food in due season.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous regards the life of his beast, But the compassion of the wrong is cruelty.

Isaiah 28:28

Grain is crushed, so one does not go on threshing it forever, nor break it with his wagon wheel, nor crush it with his horsemen.

Jonah 4:11

“And should I not pardon Ninewĕ

Romans 4:23

And not because of him alone was it written that it was reckoned to him,

Deuteronomy 25:4

“Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה  your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do.

1 Timothy 5:18

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, “The labourer is worthy of his wages.”