Deuteronomy 15:12

Deuteronomy chapter 15 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

Context

v.11For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

v.12This passage

v.13And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
John 8:35
And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.
Leviticus 25:39
And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.
Exodus 21:2
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.