Deuteronomy 25:4
Good News Translation
"Do not muzzle an ox when you are using it to thresh grain.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

Contemporary English Version
Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain.

New American Bible
You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out grain.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.

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Proverbs 12:10 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.

1 Corinthians 9:9,10 For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? . . .

1 Timothy 5:17,18 Let the priests that rule well be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. . . .

Context
Fairness and Mercy
3Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes. 4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:9
For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

1 Timothy 5:18
For the scripture saith: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn: and, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

Proverbs 12:10
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.

Deuteronomy 25:3
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