Leviticus 25:17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25:17 in other translations
| BSB | Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God. |
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| WEB | You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God. |
| ASV | And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God. |
| YLT | and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I am Jehovah your God. |
| DARBY | And ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God. |
| BBE | And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God. |
| Webster | Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. |
What does Leviticus 25:17 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:8-22
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then…
Leviticus 25:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 25:17
- Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
- Leviticus 19:14
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.
- Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
- Exodus 20:20
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
- Leviticus 25:14
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
- Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
- 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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Romans 11:20
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
- Romans 3:18
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
- Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
- Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
- Jeremiah 7:5-6
For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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Context
- Leviticus 25:16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
- Leviticus 25:17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
- Leviticus 25:18
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Leviticus 25:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no engañe ninguno á su prójimo; mas tendrás temor de tu Dios: porque yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et nul de vous ne fera tort à son prochain, et tu craindras ton Dieu, car moi, je suis l’ Éternel, votre Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und so soll keiner von euch seinen Nächsten bedrücken, und du sollst dich fürchten vor deinem Gott; denn ich bin Jehova, euer Gott. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nolite affligere contribules vestros, sed timeat unusquisque Deum suum, quia ego Dominus Deus vester. |