If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
Exodus 23:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying [helpless] under his load, you shall refrain from leaving the man to cope with it alone; you shall help him to release the animal. American Standard Version (1901) If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him. Common English Bible When you see a donkey that belongs to someone who hates you and it’s lying down under its load and you are inclined not to help set it free, you must help set it free. Catholic Public Domain Version If you see the donkey of one who hates you, fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by without lifting it up with him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up with him. |
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again.