Deuteronomy 25:4

Deuteronomy 25:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.

Context of Deuteronomy 25:4

2then it shall be that if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with a [certain] number of stripes in proportion to his offense. 3He may have him beaten forty times, but no more. He is not to be beaten with more stripes than these and he is not to be degraded [that is, treated like an animal] in your sight. “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing [to prevent him from eating any of the grain]. 5“If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall be intimate with her after taking her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. 6It shall be that her firstborn [son] will be given the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:4 word by word

לֹא־תַחְסֹ֥ם שׁ֖וֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not muzzleחָסַםchâsam · to muzzleH2629
• the oxשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• when he treadeth outדִּיןdîyn · to judgeH1778

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:4

• Proverbs 12:10A righteous man has kind regard for the life of his animal, But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
• 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain [to keep it from eating the grain].” Is it [only] for oxen that God cares?
• 1 Timothy 5:17The elders who perform their leadership duties well are to be considered worthy of double honor (financial support), especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching [the word of God concerning eternal salvation through Christ].

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox, etc. - In Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they make use of beeves to tread out the corn; and Dr. Shaw tells us that the people of Barbary continue to tread out their corn after the custom of the East. Instead of beeves they frequently made use of mules and horses, by tying by the neck three or four in like manner together, and whipping them afterwards round about the nedders, as they call the treading floors…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Compare the marginal references. In other kinds of labor the oxen were usually muzzled. When driven to and fro over the threshing-floor in order to stamp out the grain from the chaff, they were to be allowed to partake of the fruits of their labors.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4Verse 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Do not muzzle an ox: The animal had to be able to eat the grain as it worked (compare 1 Corinthians 9:9–14; 1 Timothy 5:17–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn--In Judea, as in modern Syria and Egypt, the larger grains were beaten out by the feet of oxen, which, yoked together, day after day trod round the wide open spaces which form the threshing-floors. The animals were allowed freely to pick up a mouthful, when they chose to do so: a wise as well as humane regulation, introduced by the law of Moses (compare 1Co 9:9; 1Ti 5:17, 18).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 25:4

• Animals
• Bullock
• Justice
• Labor
• Quotations and Allusions
• Threshing
• Wages

In the dictionaries

• Agriculture
• Beast
• Beat
• Cattle
• Exceed
• Hindmost
• Muzzle
• Ox
• Stripe
• Atonement, Day of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings