Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. I am sure that if donkeys or goats could speak they would say, "Be kind to us. We will work for you, and go as far and as fast as we can, if only you won't drive us beyond our strength, and lay those cruel sticks across our poor thin backs! Then, don't make us stand, for hours perhaps, in a burning sun without a drop of water, while you are playing marbles with your friends. You could not run about as you do now if you had no breakfast and no dinner: then how can you expect us to work hard and carry heavy children one after the other till we are ready to drop, unless you feed us properly?" (M. Sewell.) Parallel Verses KJV: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.WEB: A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. |
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