Leviticus 25 · Verse 17

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, King James Version

Leviticus 25:17 in other translations

BSBDo not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
WEBYou shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
ASVAnd ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.
YLTand ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.
DARBYAnd ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.
BBEAnd do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.
WebsterYe 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?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Ye shall not oppress one another, but thou shalt fear thy God--This, which is the same as Le 25:14, related to the sale or purchase of possessions and the duty of paying an honest and equitable regard, on both sides, to the limited period during which the bargain could stand. The object of the legislator was, as far as possible, to maintain the original order of families, and an equality of condition among the people.

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…

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Leviticus 25:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
תוֹנוּ֙to.Nuyou will maltreatH3238
אִ֣ישׁ'ishanyoneH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֲמִית֔וֹa.mi.Tofellow citizen hisH5997
וְיָרֵ֖אתָve.ya.Re.taand you will fearH3372
מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָme.'e.lo.Hei.khafrom God yourH430
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהֹוָ֖הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם\׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430

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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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall not.
14
fear.
43; 19:14,32; Ge 20:11; 22:12; 39:9; 42:18; Ex 20:20; De 25:18
1Sa 12:24; 2Ch 19:7; Ne 5:9,15; Ps 19:9; Pr 1:7; Jer 22:16; Mal 3:5
Lu 12:5; Ac 9:31; 10:2,35; Ro 3:18; 11:20

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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.

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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.
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.