The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.
1 Corinthians 9:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. , Is God really concerned about oxen? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.
Bread grain is crushed, but is not threshed endlessly. Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles, his horses do not crush it.
So may I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals? ’
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work #– #you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident foreigner who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.
For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain, , and, ‘The worker is worthy of his wages.’