Exodus 23:4
“¶ If thou meete thine enemies oxe or his asse going astray, thou shalt surely bring it backe to him againe.”
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Exodus 23:4 Context
2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to doe euill: neither shalt thou speake in a cause, to decline after many, to wrest iudgement: 3¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poore man in his cause. 4¶ If thou meete thine enemies oxe or his asse going astray, thou shalt surely bring it backe to him againe. 5If thou see the asse of him that hateth thee, lying vnder his burden, and wouldest forbeare to helpe him, thou shalt surely helpe with him. 6Thou shalt not wrest the iudgement of thy poore in his cause.
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If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- King James Version
"If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him.
- Basic English Bible
-- If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
- Darby Bible
If thou shalt meet thy enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- Webster's Bible
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
- World English Bible
`When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
- Youngs Literal Bible
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible