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1 Corinthians 9:9

“For in the law of Moses it is written: You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. It is not for the oxen that God cares, is it?”

1 Corinthians 9:9 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Deuteronomy 25:4

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Paul quotes the rule of the ox that threshes and applies it to the support of those who announce the good news.

Formula: ἐν γὰρ τῷ Μωϋσέως νόμῳ γέγραπται “for in the law of Moses it is written” (1 Corinthians 9:9)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἐν γὰρ τῷ Μωϋσέως νόμῳ γέγραπται Οὐ κημώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα μὴ τῶν βοῶν μέλει τῷ θεῷ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישׁוֹ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 25:4 in the Septuagint numbering): Οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Corinthians 9:9, word by word

the lawνόμῳnomōi

law

The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.

Where else “nomōi” appears
of MosesΜωϋσέωςMōyseōs

Moses

Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt and received God's law.

Where else “Mōyseōs” appears
it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegraptai” appears
muzzleκημώσειςkēmōseis

muzzle

To tie an animal's mouth so it cannot eat.

Where else “kēmōseis” appears
an oxβοῦνboun

ox

Ox.

Where else “boun” appears
while it is threshingἀλοῶνταaloōnta

thresh

Thresh: separate grain from straw, by trampling or beating.

Where else “aloōnta” appears
that Godθεῷtheōi

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theōi” appears
caresμέλειmelei

be of concern

Matter, be a concern to someone.

Where else “melei” appears

Translation note

Deuteronomy 25:4.

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Quotation · Deuteronomy 25:4

Paul quotes the rule of the ox that threshes and applies it to the support of those who announce the good news.

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1 Corinthians 9:9

9For in the law of Moses it is written: You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. It is not for the oxen that God cares, is it?

Deuteronomy 25:4

4You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.

The context

8It is not from a human point of view that I say these things, is it? Or does the law not also say these things?

9 · This verse (above)

10Or is he speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope, and the one who threshes ought to thresh in hope of sharing in the harvest.

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