Exodus 22:21

Exodus chapter 22 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version · 1901

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

v.20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.

v.21This passage

v.22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

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.