God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 22:10
10Never plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.
Deuteronomy 22:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
Context of Deuteronomy 22:10
8Whenever you build a new house, put a railing around the edge of the roof. Then you won’t be responsible for a death at your home if someone falls off the roof. 9Never plant anything between the rows in your vineyard. Otherwise, you will have to give everything that grows there to the holy place. This includes the crop you planted and the grapes from the vineyard. Never plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together. 11Never wear clothes made of wool and linen woven together. 12Make tassels on the four corners of the shawl you wear over your clothes.
Read all of Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 22:10 word by word
לֹֽא־תַחֲרֹ֥שׁ בְּשׁוֹר־וּבַחֲמֹ֖ר יַחְדָּֽו׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:10
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass - It is generally supposed that mixtures of different sorts in seed, breed, etc., were employed for superstitious purposes, and therefore prohibited in this law. It is more likely, however, that there was a physical reason for this; two beasts of a different species cannot associate comfortably together, and on this ground never pull pleasantly either in cart or plough; and every farmer knows that it is of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-11Verses 9-11 Compare the marginal reference. The prohibition of Deuteronomy 22:10 was also dictated by humanity. The ox and the donkey being of such different size and strength, it would be cruel to the latter to yoke them together. These two animals are named as being those ordinarily employed in agriculture; compare Isaiah 32:20.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these laws, which seem little, is such, that being found among the things of God's law, they are to be accounted great things. If we would prove ourselves to be God's people, we must have respect to his will and to his glory, and not to the vain fashions of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Plowing with an ox and a donkey together would not work well. The two animals are different in size and strength. This example teaches the principle of separation and order. It shows that certain things should not be joined together (see also 2 Corinthians 6:14–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together--Whether this association, like the mixture of seeds, had been dictated by superstitious motives and the prohibition was symbolical, designed to teach a moral lesson (2Co 6:14), may or may not have been the case. But the prohibition prevented a great inhumanity still occasionally practised by the poorer sort in Oriental countries. An ox and ass, being of different species and of very different…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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