Deuteronomy 25:4

You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

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WEBBE

You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

BSB

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

KJV

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

ASV

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the grain].

BBE

Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 4

This is a charge to husbandmen. It teaches us to make much of the animals that serve us. But we must learn, not only to be just, but kind to all who are employed for the good of our better part, our souls, 1Co 9:9.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.