Exodus 22:21
What does Exodus 22:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 22:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 10:19
Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 7:6
if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
- Leviticus 19:33
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
- Zechariah 7:10
and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
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