Deuteronomy 15:13
What does Deuteronomy 15:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 15:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;
Context
v.12If 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.
v.13This passage
v.14thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Exodus 3:21
And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
- Colossians 4:1
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
- Proverbs 3:27
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
- Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
- Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
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