Exodus 23:4

Justice and Mercy

3And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.4If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

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Berean Standard Bible
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
American Standard Version (1901)
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Bible in Basic English
If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
If thou meet thy enemy’s ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.
Free Bible Version
If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey that has wandered off, take it back it to him.
Geneva Bible 1599
If thou meete thine enemies oxe, or his asse going astray, thou shalt bring him to him againe.
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
One Unity Resource Bible
“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Translation for Translators
If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away loose, take it back to its owner, even if the owner is your enemy.
Unlocked Literal Bible
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you must bring it back to him.
Noah Webster Bible
If thou shalt meet thy enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
World English Bible
“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Young's Literal Translation
'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;