If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIf thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
`When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
— If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus