Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
New American Standard Bible
‘
King James Version
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Holman Bible
“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you,
International Standard Version
"If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond slave.
A Conservative Version
And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as a bondman.
American Standard Version
And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.
Amplified
‘And if your fellow countryman becomes so poor [in his dealings] with you that he sells himself to you [as payment for a debt], you shall not let him do the work of a slave [who is ineligible for redemption],
Bible in Basic English
And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
Julia Smith Translation
And when thy brother shall be poor with thee, and he was sold to thee, thou shalt not serve upon him the service of a servant.
King James 2000
And if your brother that dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a slave:
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And if your countryman [who is] with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, {you shall not treat him as a slave}.
Modern King James verseion
And if your brother who lives beside you has become poor, and is sold to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bond-servant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'If thy brother that dwelleth by thee wax poor and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not let him labour as a bondservant doeth:
NET Bible
"'If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.
New Heart English Bible
"'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
The Emphasized Bible
And when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman:
Webster
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee shall have become poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant:
World English Bible
"'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
Youngs Literal Translation
'And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
Themes
The poor » Rule not, with rigor
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Defaulting debtors made
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites not to be treated with rigor
Servants » Hired » Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
Interlinear
'ach
`abad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 25:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Kindness For Poor Brothers
38 I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God. 39 And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 as a hired servant, as a sojourner, shall he be with thee; until the year of jubilee shall he serve thee.
Cross References
Exodus 21:2
If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
1 Kings 9:22
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen; but they were men of war, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his captains, and captains of his chariots, and his horsemen.
Leviticus 25:46
And ye shall leave them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit them as a possession: these may ye make your bondmen for ever; but as for your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigour.
2 Kings 4:1
And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.
Nehemiah 5:5
yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
Exodus 1:14
and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.
Exodus 22:3
If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft.
Deuteronomy 15:12-14
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
Jeremiah 27:7
And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also come, when many nations and great kings shall reduce him to servitude.
Jeremiah 30:8
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more reduce him to servitude.
Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother, a Hebrew, who hath sold himself unto thee; when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee. But your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.