Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not rule over him with crushing, and thou shalt be afraid of 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."
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.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear 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
Topics
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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 them out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold from the sale of a servant 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with crushing, and thou shalt be afraid of thy God. 44 And thy servant and thy maid which shall be to thee, from the nations which are round about you, from them ye shall buy servant and maid.
Cross References
Colossians 4:1
Lords, render ye to servants Justice and equality; knowing that ye also have a Lord in the heavens.
Exodus 1:13-14
And the Egyptians will make the sons of Israel serve by oppression.
Leviticus 25:17
And ye shall not oppress each his neighbor; and thou shalt fear thy God: for I Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 25:46
And ye shall possess them for your sons after you to take possession forever; ye shall serve with them: and over your brethren the sons of Israel, ye shall not rule over him, each over his brother with oppression.
Leviticus 25:53
As the hireling of the year by the year shall he be with him: he shall not rule him by crushing to thine eyes.
Ezekiel 34:4
Ye strengthened not the sickly, and the diseased ye healed not, and the broken ye bound not up, and the thrust away ye turned not back, and the lost ye sought not; and with force and with oppression ye ruled them.
Ephesians 6:9
And, lords, do ye the same things to them, letting go threatening: knowing that also your own Lord is in the heavens; and distinction of persons is not with him.
Exodus 1:17
And the midwives will fear God, and they did not according to what the king of Egypt said to them, and they will preserve alive the boys.
Exodus 1:21
And it will be because the midwives will fear God, and he will make houses for them.
Exodus 2:23
And it will be in these many days, and the king of Egypt will die: and the sons of Israel will groan, from the work; and they will cry out, and their supplication will go up to God from the work.
Exodus 3:7
And Jehovah will say, Seeing, I saw the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I heard their cry from the face of their pressers; and I knew their pains.
Exodus 3:9
And now behold the cry of the sons of Israel came to me: and also I saw the oppression which the Egyptians oppressed them.
Exodus 5:14
And the scribes of the sons of Israel will be beaten, which Pharaoh's urgers on set over them, saying, Wherefore did ye not complete your allowance of brick as yesterday and the third day, also yesterday, also this day?
Deuteronomy 25:18
That he met thee in the way, and he will smite the rear in thee all the enfeebled behind thee, and thou faint and weary: and he feared not God.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry against my people; I defiled my inheritances, and I will give them into thine hand, and thou didst not set mercy to them; upon the old thou didst make heavy thy yoke greatly.
Isaiah 58:3
For what did we fast, and thou sawest not? we humbled our soul and thou wilt not know? Behold, in the day of your fasting ye will find desire, and ye will exact all your labors.
Malachi 3:5
And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.