Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear thy God.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Holman Bible
You are not to rule over them harshly
International Standard Version
You are not to rule over them with harshness. You are to fear your God."
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
Amplified
You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you are to fear your God [with profound reverence].
Bible in Basic English
Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not rule over him with crushing, and thou shalt be afraid of thy God.
King James 2000
You shall not rule over him with harshness; but shall fear your God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You shall not rule over him with ruthlessness, but you shall revere your God.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear your God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
See therefore that thou reign not over him cruelly, but fear thy God.
NET Bible
You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour, - so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God.
Webster
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
World English Bible
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
Youngs Literal Translation
thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.
Themes
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to rule over them with rigor
The poor » Rule not, with rigor
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 25:43
Verse Info
Context Readings
Kindness For Poor Brothers
42 For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as bondmen. 43 Thou shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear thy God. 44 And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shall have, from the nations that are round about you, ye shall buy bondmen and bondmaids from them.
Cross References
Colossians 4:1
Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.
Exodus 1:13-14
And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor.
Leviticus 25:17
And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.
Leviticus 25:46
And ye shall make them an inheritance for your sons after you, to hold for a possession. Ye shall take them your bondmen forever, but over your brothers the sons of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.
Leviticus 25:53
He shall be with him as a servant hired year by year. He shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
Ezekiel 34:4
Ye have not strengthened the diseased, nor have ye healed that which was sick, nor have ye bound up that which was broken, nor have ye brought back that which was driven away, nor have ye sought that which was lost, but ye have rul
Ephesians 6:9
And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.
Exodus 1:17
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
Exodus 1:21
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
Exodus 2:23
And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exodus 3:7
And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 3:9
And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel have come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and today, in making brick as formerly?
Deuteronomy 25:18
how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all who were feeble behind thee, when thou were faint and weary, and he feared not God.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into thy hand. Thou showed them no mercy. Upon the aged thou have laid thy yoke very heavily.
Isaiah 58:3
Why have we fasted, [they say], and thou see not? We have afflicted our soul, and thou take no knowledge. Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact from all your laborers.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the FALSE swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f