Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.

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 but fear your God.

International Standard Version

You are not to rule over them with harshness. You are to fear your God."

A Conservative Version

Thou shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear thy 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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt not rule
רדה 
Radah 
Usage: 27

over him with rigour
פּרך 
Perek 
Usage: 6

References

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Kindness For Poor Brothers

42 For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as men sell bondmen. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God. 44 And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.



Cross References

Colossians 4:1

Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

Exodus 1:13-14

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

Leviticus 25:17

And ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.

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.

Leviticus 25:53

As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; his master shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.

Ezekiel 34:4

The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up what was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.

Ephesians 6:9

And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

Exodus 1:21

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Exodus 2:23

And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;

Exodus 3:7

And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.

Exodus 3:9

And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Exodus 5:14

And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?

Deuteronomy 25:18

how he met thee on the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all the feeble that lagged behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary, and he feared not God.

Isaiah 47:6

I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke;

Isaiah 58:3

Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours.

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 that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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