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Justice and Mercy

Exodus 23:4

In 11 translations

BSB
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
KJV
¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
WEB
“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
ASV
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
LSV
When you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you certainly turn it back to him;
YLT
'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
DBY
— If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
DRC
If thou meet thy enemy’s ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.
GNV
If thou meete thine enemies oxe, or his asse going astray, thou shalt bring him to him againe.
JPS
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
LXXE
And if thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֣י תִפְגַּ֞ע שׁ֧וֹר אֹֽיִבְךָ֛ א֥וֹ חֲמֹר֖וֹ תֹּעֶ֑ה הָשֵׁ֥ב תְּשִׁיבֶ֖נּוּ לֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐὰν δὲ συναντήσῃς τῷ βοῒ τοῦ ἐχθροῦ σου, ἢ τῷ ὑποζυγίῳ αὐτοῦ πλανωμένοις, ἀποστρέψας ἀποδώσεις αὐτῷ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 22:1–4If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother. If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to…
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:15Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
  • Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Romans 12:17–21Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s…
  • Proverbs 25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
  • Luke 6:27–28But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
  • Job 31:29–30If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him— I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
  • Proverbs 24:17–18Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

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