Exodus 23:4
King James Version (KJV)
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
In context
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5 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.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus 23:4 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- WEB World English Bible
- “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
- DBY Darby Translation
- — If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- If thou shalt meet thy enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.