Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let him dwell with thee, even among you in what place he himself liketh best, in one of thy cities where it is good for him, and vex him not.
New American Standard Bible
He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your
King James Version
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
Holman Bible
Let him live among you wherever he wants within your gates. Do not mistreat him.
International Standard Version
Let him live among you wherever he chooses in any of your cities that he likes. Don't mistreat him."
A Conservative Version
He shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleases him best. Thou shall not oppress him.
American Standard Version
he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
Amplified
He shall live among you, in the place he chooses in one of your cities where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat or oppress him.
Bible in Basic English
Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.
Darby Translation
he shall dwell with thee, even in thy midst, in the place that he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it seemeth good to him; thou shalt not oppress him.
Julia Smith Translation
With thee he shall dwell in the midst of thee in the place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, in the good to him: thou shalt not oppress him.
King James 2000
He may dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it seems best to him: you shall not oppress him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He shall reside with you in your midst in the place that he chooses in one of {your towns wherever he pleases}; you shall not oppress him.
Modern King James verseion
He shall live with you, among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of your gates, where it seems good to him. You shall not oppress him.
NET Bible
Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.
New Heart English Bible
he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you shall not oppress him.
The Emphasized Bible
with thee, shall he remain in thy midst, in the place which he shall choose in any of thy gates where it seemeth good to him, - thou shalt not oppress him.
Webster
He shall dwell with thee, even among you in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
World English Bible
he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you shall not oppress him.
Youngs Literal Translation
with thee he doth dwell, in thy midst, in the place which he chooseth within one of thy gates, where it is pleasing to him; thou dost not oppress him.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 23:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee. 16 Let him dwell with thee, even among you in what place he himself liketh best, in one of thy cities where it is good for him, and vex him not. 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor whorekeeper of the sons of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21
Vex not a stranger, neither oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:9
Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for I know the heart of a stranger, because ye were strangers in Egypt.
Isaiah 16:3-4
Gather your counsel, come together in judgment; cover us with your shadow in the midday, as the night doth: hide the chased, and betray not them that are fled.
Jeremiah 7:6
If ye will not oppress the stranger, the fatherless and the widow; if ye will not shed innocent blood in this place; if ye will not cleave to strange gods to your own destruction;
Zechariah 7:10
Do the widow, the fatherless, the stranger, and poor no wrong: and let no man imagine evil against his brother in his heart."
Malachi 3:5
I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Luke 15:15-24
And he went, and clave to a citizen of that same country, which sent him to his field, to keep his swine.
Titus 3:2-3
that they speak evil of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, showing all meekness unto all men.
James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?