Leviticus 25:44
What does Leviticus 25:44 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 25:44 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast <FI>are<Fi> of the nations who <FI>are<Fi> round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have — of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:44
but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
- Revelation 2:26
And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:
- Isaiah 14:1
For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
- Psalms 2:8
Ask of me, and I will givetheethe nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
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