Parallel Verses
NET Bible
If you set them free, you must not 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.
International Standard Version
But when you set them free, don't send them 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:
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 If your fellow Hebrew -- whether male or female -- is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free. 13 If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed. 14 You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress -- as the Lord your God has blessed you, you must give to them.
Cross References
Genesis 31:42
If the God of my father -- the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears -- had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night."
Exodus 3:21
"I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed.
Leviticus 25:42-44
Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.
Jeremiah 22:13
"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
Malachi 3:5
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.