1 Corinthians 9:9 - Tree of Life Version For it is written in the Torah of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.” Is it the oxen that concern God, 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? |
A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, yet even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
Bread grain is crushed, but not endlessly. Rumbling cart wheels and horses over it would only crush it to powder.
Now not only for his sake was it written that it was credited to him,
but the seventh day is a Shabbat to Adonai your God. In it you are not to do any work—not you or your son or your daughter, or your slave or your maid, or your ox, your donkey or any of your livestock or the outsider within your gates, so that your slave and your maid may rest as you do.
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wage.”