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Exodus 23:4

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23:4“If you encounter11 your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return12 it to him.

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  1. 11 Heb “meet” (so , , ).
  2. 12 The construction uses the imperfect tense (taken here as an obligatory imperfect) and the infinitive absolute for emphasis.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

“If you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey that has strayed away, take it back to its owner.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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