¶ Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
The 1611 reading
¶ Thou shalt not plow with an oxe and an asse together.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: An implement for cutting and turning soil. Sense 2: As a verb, to till or break up the ground with it.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 22:10
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
¶ Thou shalt not plow with an oxe and an asse together.
And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
And that first slaughter which Ionathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twentie men, within as it were an halfe acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
1611 marginal noteOr, halfe a furrow of an acre of land.
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same.
1611 marginal noteProu. 22.8 ose 10.13.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he begge in haruest, and haue nothing.
1611 marginal noteOr, winter.
1611 marginal noteChap. 20.4.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and breake the clods of his ground?
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught and loueth to tread out the corne, but I passed ouer vpon her faire necke: I will make Ephraim to ride: Iudah shall plow, and Iacob shall breake his clods.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the beautie of her necke.
¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
¶ Shall horses runne vpon the rocke? wil one plow there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnesse into hemlocke.
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Or saith hee it altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that hee that ploweth, should plow in hope: and that hee that thresheth in hope, should bee partaker of his hope.
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