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

2The judge may decide that his officers should beat the guilty person as punishment. The judge will make him lie down on the ground. Then he will watch as his officers beat the guilty person. They will hit him as many times as he deserves because of his wicked act. 3But they must not hit him more than 40 times as his punishment. If it is more than that, nobody would respect him any more. Do not tie shut the mouth of your ox while it walks on your grain to prepare it for you. 5Perhaps two brothers live together in the same place. One of the brothers may die before he has any son. If that happens, his widow must not marry anyone who does not belong to the family. Instead, the other brother must marry her. That is the right thing for him to do for his dead brother. 6The first son that the widow gives birth to will be the son of her first husband. His family's name will not disappear from 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 12:10Righteous people take care of their animals. But wicked people are cruel even when they think they are kind.
• 1 Corinthians 9:9God's Law that he gave to Moses says this: ‘Do not tie shut the mouth of your ox while it walks on your grain.’ But God's Law does not teach this only to help bulls.
• 1 Timothy 5:17Everyone should respect leaders of the believers who lead the church well. The church should also pay them properly for their work. That is certainly true for leaders who teach God's people and speak God's message to them.

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