Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

King James Version

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Holman Bible

“You must not exploit a foreign resident or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

International Standard Version

"You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

A Conservative Version

And thou shall not wrong a sojourner, neither shall thou oppress him, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Amplified

“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not treat evil the stranger, and thou shalt not press him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

King James 2000

You shall neither wrong a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Lexham Expanded Bible

" 'You will not mistreat an alien, and you will not oppress him, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Modern King James verseion

You shall neither vex a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Vex not a stranger, neither oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

NET Bible

"You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

New Heart English Bible

"You shall not wrong a foreigner, neither shall you oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

The Emphasized Bible

And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down neither shalt thou drive him away, - for sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt.

Webster

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

World English Bible

"You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Youngs Literal Translation

'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ינה 
Yanah 
Usage: 19

גּיר גּר 
Ger 
Usage: 92

לחץ 
Lachats 
Usage: 19

גּיר גּר 
Ger 
Usage: 92

in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

Context Readings

Regulations Regarding Foreigners And The Poor

20 Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord. 21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt. 22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:19

So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:9

Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

Leviticus 19:33

And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

Zechariah 7:10

Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

Leviticus 25:35

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

Deuteronomy 23:7

But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

Jeremiah 7:6

If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Deuteronomy 15:15

And keep in mind that you yourself were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: so I give you this order today.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

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