Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But when you set them free, don't send them away empty-handed.
New American Standard Bible
When you set him
King James Version
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Holman Bible
When you set him free, do not send him away empty-handed.
A Conservative Version
And when thou let him go free from thee, thou shall not let him go empty.
American Standard Version
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
Amplified
When you set him free, you shall not let him go away empty-handed.
Bible in Basic English
And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:
Darby Translation
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;
Julia Smith Translation
And when thou shalt send him away free from thee, thou shalt not send him away empty.
King James 2000
And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And when you send him [out] free from you, you shall not send him [away] empty-handed.
Modern King James verseion
And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
NET Bible
If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.
New Heart English Bible
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
The Emphasized Bible
and when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out empty:
Webster
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him depart empty:
World English Bible
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
Youngs Literal Translation
And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
Themes
Benevolence » The duty of » Moses injunction
Liberality » Should be exercised » Toward servants
Sabbatic year » Creditors required to release debtors in
Servants » Slaves or bond » To be furnished liberally, when their servitude expired
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 15:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
12 "When a fellow Hebrew male or female slave is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you are to set them free. 13 But when you set them free, don't send them away empty-handed. 14 Provide for them liberally from your flock, threshing floor, and wine vat. As the LORD your God has blessed you, so give to them.
Cross References
Genesis 31:42
If the God of my father the God of Abraham, the God whom Isaac feared had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty handed. But God saw my misery and how hard I've worked with my own hands and he rebuked you last night."
Exodus 3:21
I will grant this people public favor with the Egyptians, and as a result, when you leave you won't go empty-handed.
Leviticus 25:42-44
Since they're my servants whom I've brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.
Jeremiah 22:13
"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage.
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.