Deuteronomy 25:4

 Deuteronomy 25:4

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

a. NASB 1995: “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]

b. YLT: 'Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: You shall not muzzle an ox in its threshing.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]

e. ESV: “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain. [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible

1. “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.”

a. [Thou shalt] not [Strong: 3808 lôʼ, lo; or לוֹא lôwʼ; or לֹה lôh; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; + not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles:—× before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.

b. muzzle [Strong: 2629 châçam, khaw-sam'; a primitive root; to muzzle; by analogy, to stop the nose:—muzzle, stop.] 

c. [the] ox [Strong: 7794 shôwr, shore; from H7788; a bullock (as a traveller):—bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for H7791).

d. [when he] treadeth [out the corn] [Strong: 1758 dûwsh, doosh; or דּוֹשׁ dôwsh; or דִּישׁ dîysh; a primitive root; to trample or thresh:—break, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass (Jeremiah 50:11, by mistake for H1877).]

1). This verse is cited by the Apostle Paul in his wonderful exhortation of believers supporting and funding the gospel being preached to a lost and dying world.

a). 1 Corinthians 9:7-10  Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

9:8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

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?

9:10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.