Leviticus 19:33
What does Leviticus 19:33 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 19:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid hin:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not molest him.
Context
v.32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
v.33This passage
v.34The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
- 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:
- Exodus 22:21
And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Exodus 23:9
And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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