Exodus 23:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Exodus 23:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So far was the spirit of the law from encouraging personal revenge that it would not allow a man to neglect an opportunity of saving his enemy from loss. Exodus 23:5 The sense appears to be:...
Exodus 23:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely (b) bring it back to him again. (b) If we are bound to do good to our enemies beast, how much more to our enemy himself, ( Ma...
Exodus 23:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:1-9 R. Justice. Form and substance also separate this group from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports ( Exodus 23:1...
Exodus 23:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ox or his ass . Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for any kind of beast of burden.
Exodus 23:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 . If thou meet thine enemy’s ox. From these two passages it is very clear that he who abstains from evil doing, is not therefore guiltless before God, unless he also studies to do...
Exodus 23:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou meet thine enemy's ox - going astray - From the humane and heavenly maxim in this and the...
Exodus 23:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If thou meet thine enemy's ox, &c.— Here the noble precept of doing good for evil, of assisting enemies, those who hate us, Exodus 23:5 is strongly inculcated. Nothing can excuse us from di...
Exodus 23:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou meet thine enemy's ox ... going astray. The ox and the donkey are specified as sam...
Exodus 23:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
Exodus 23:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIII. (1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:...
Exodus 23:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33 . With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest...
Exodus 23:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Laws of Conduct and Worship Exodus 23:1-17 We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that no man's char...
Exodus 23:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The d...
Exodus 23:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12 .
Exodus 23:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray ,.... Or any other beast, as the Samaritan version adds; for these are only mentioned for instances, as being more common, and creatures subject...
Exodus 23:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Ver. 4. Ox or his ass going astray. ] How much more his soul. See Trapp on " Jam 5:20 " Se...
Exodus 23:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt surely bring it back to him So far shalt thou be from revenging his injuries, that thou shalt render good to him for them, whereby if thou dost not reconcile him, thou wilt at least proc...
Exodus 23:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

INSISTENCE ON HONESTY (vs.1-9) Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one should not do. How easily one m...
Exodus 23:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand wit...
Exodus 23:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So far shalt thou be from revenging his injuries, that thou shalt render good to him for them, whereby if thou dost not reconcile him, thou wilt procure peace to thyself, and honour to religion.
Exodus 23:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulations Concerning Behaviour to One's Neighbour ( Exodus 23:1-9 ). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7 ; Exodus 23:2 with Exodu...
Exodus 23:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = tissa , from the inf. napa , in its simple sense, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about in the heart.” Hence tissa is a pregna...
Exodus 23:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:1 . Put not thine hand with the wicked, do not conspire or agree with them. Exodus 23:3 . Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man. The meaning of this and the former verse is, ther...
Exodus 23:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thine enemy’s ox. On duties to enemies I. That duties to enemies are enjoined ( Proverbs 24:17 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15 ). 1. It is our duty to protect the interests of our enemy. (1) If t...
Exodus 23:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . EXPOSITION Exodus 23:1-2 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preced...
Exodus 23:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Further Ordinances Regarding Social Relations
Exodus 23:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 22:1-4 Job 31:29 Job 31:30 Proverbs 24:17 Proverbs 24:18 Proverbs 25:21 Matthew 5:44 Luke 6:27 Luke 6:28 Romans 12:17-21 1 Thessalonians 5:15

Exodus 23:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 23:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 23:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 23:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 23:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 23:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 23:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 23:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 23:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 23:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 23:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 23:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge