Leviticus 25:40
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
Leviticus 25:40 in other translations
| BSB | Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. |
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| WEB | As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee. |
| ASV | As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee: |
| YLT | as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, -- |
| DARBY | as a hired servant, as a sojourner, shall he be with thee; until the year of jubilee shall he serve thee. |
| BBE | But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee; |
| Webster | But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee to the year of jubilee. |
What does Leviticus 25:40 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:39-46
39-46. if thy brother ... be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant--An Israelite might be compelled, through misfortune, not only to mortgage his inheritance, but himself. In the event of his being reduced to this distress, he was to be treated not as a slave, but a hired servant whose engagement was temporary, and who might, through the friendly aid of a relative…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:39-55
A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for a son of Abraham. Masters are required to give to their servants that which is just and equal, Col 4:1. At the year of jubilee the servant should go out free, he and his children, and should return to his own…
Leviticus 25:40 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 25:40
- Exodus 21:2-3
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
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Context
- Leviticus 25:39
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
- Leviticus 25:40
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
- Leviticus 25:41
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Leviticus 25:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como criado, como extranjero estará contigo; hasta el año del jubileo te servirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il sera avec toi comme un homme à gages et un hôte; il te servira jusqu’à l’année du Jubilé: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | wie ein Beisasse soll er bei dir sein; bis zum Jubeljahre soll er bei dir dienen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed quasi mercenarius et colonus erit: usque ad annum jubilæum operabitur apud te, |