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Exodus 23:4-5 KJV
Exodus · chapter 23 · verses 4–5
4If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.Exodus 23:4-5 · King James Version
Exodus 23:4-5 in context
2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enemy'sʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- forbearchâdalproperly, to be flabbyH2308 →
- astraytâʻâhto vacillateH8582 →
- surelyshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- hatethsânêʼto hateH8130 →
- burdenmassâʼa burdenH4853 →
- lyingrâbatsto crouchH7257 →
- meetpâgaʻto impinge, by accident or violence, or by importunityH6293 →
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Here are, I. Cautions concerning judicial proceedings; it was not enough that they had good laws, better than ever any nation had, but care must be taken for the due administration of justice according to those laws. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9