Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Leviticus 25:43 in other translations
| BSB | You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God. |
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| WEB | You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God. |
| ASV | Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God. |
| YLT | thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God. |
| DARBY | Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God. |
| BBE | Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you. |
| Webster | Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God. |
What does Leviticus 25:43 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 25:43 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 25:43
- Colossians 4:1
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
- Leviticus 25:46
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
- Exodus 1:13-14
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
- Leviticus 25:17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
- Ezekiel 34:4
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
- Leviticus 25:53
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
- Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
- Isaiah 47:6
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
- Deuteronomy 25:18
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
- Exodus 2:23
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
- Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
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Context
- Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
- Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
- Leviticus 25:44
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Leviticus 25:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No te enseñorearás de él con dureza, mas tendrás temor de tu Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne domineras pas sur lui avec dureté, et tu craindras ton Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst nicht mit Härte über ihn herrschen, und sollst dich fürchten vor deinem Gott. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ne affligas eum per potentiam, sed metuito Deum tuum. |