4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
4 "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
4 Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing.
4 "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.
4 "You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:4
Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:4
(Read Deuteronomy 25:4)
This is a charge to husbandmen. It teaches us to make much of the animals that serve us. But we must learn, not only to be just, but kind to all who are employed for the good of our better part, our souls, 1 Corinthians 9:9.