Parallel Verses
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:
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
If you buy Israelites (your own brothers) as slaves, you must set them free after six years.
13 When you set him
Cross References
Genesis 31:42
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, out of respect for Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty-handed by now. God has seen my misery and hard work. Last night he made it right!
Exodus 3:21
I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. When you go you will not go empty handed.
Leviticus 25:42-44
They are my servants. I brought them out of Egypt. They must never be sold as slaves.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.
Malachi 3:5
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You know that you also have a Master in heaven.