Exodus 23:4 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 23:4

If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

BSB

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ASV

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

KJV

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox - going astray - From the humane and heavenly maxim in this and the following verse, our blessed Lord has formed the following precept: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you;” Mat 5:44. A precept so plain, wise, benevolent, and useful, can receive no other comment than that which its influence on the heart of a kind and merciful man produces in his life.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	if	H3588 →
תִפְגַּ֞ע	tif.Ga'	you will meet	H6293 →
שׁ֧וֹר	Shor	[the] ox of	H7794 →
אֹֽיִבְךָ֛	'o.yiv.Kha	enemy your	H341 →
א֥וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
חֲמֹר֖וֹ	cha.mo.Ro	donkey his	H2543 →
תֹּעֶ֑ה	to.'Eh	wandering off	H8582 →
הָשֵׁ֥ב	ha.Shev	certainly <to return>	H7725 →
תְּשִׁיבֶ֖נּוּ	te.shi.Ve.nu	you will return it	H7725 →
לֽוֹ׃ ס	lo	to <the> him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:9
  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 12:14
  Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
- Luke 6:27–28
  But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Romans 12:20–21
  On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
- Proverbs 25:21–22
  If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
leads to
- Galatians 6:10
  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- Leviticus 19:18
  Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- 3 John 1:11
  Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Exodus

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Exodus