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Leviticus 25:43

Leviticus chapter 25 · verse 43 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

Context

v.42For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

v.43This passage

v.44And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Cross references

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

  • Colossians 4:1

    Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 25:53

    As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

  • Deuteronomy 25:18

    how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

  • Isaiah 47:6

    I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

  • Leviticus 25:17

    And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.