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 25:44 in other translations
| BSB | Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them. |
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| WEB | “‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. |
| ASV | And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. |
| YLT | ‘And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast are of the nations who are round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid, |
| DARBY | And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have — of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids. |
| BBE | But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants. |
| Webster | Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are around you; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids. |
What does Leviticus 25:44 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 25:44 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 25:44
- Exodus 12:44
But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
- Isaiah 14:1-2
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
- Psalms 2:8-9
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Revelation 2:26-27
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
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Context
- 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 25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Leviticus 25:44 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así tu siervo como tu sierva que tuvieres, serán de las gentes que están en vuestro alrededor: de ellos compraréis siervos y siervas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais quant à ton serviteur et à ta servante qui seront à toi,… d’entre les nations qui vous environnent, de ceux-là, vous achèterez des serviteurs et des servantes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Was aber deinen Knecht und deine Magd betrifft, die du haben wirst: von den Nationen, die rings um euch her sind, von ihnen möget ihr Knecht und Magd kaufen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Servus et ancilla sint vobis de nationibus quæ in circuitu vestro sunt: |