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.
Leviticus 25:53 in other translations
| BSB | He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight. |
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| WEB | As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight. |
| ASV | As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. |
| YLT | as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes. |
| DARBY | As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; his master shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes. |
| BBE | And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes. |
| Webster | And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. |
What does Leviticus 25:53 mean?
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 25:53 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 25:53
- 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.
- Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
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Context
- Leviticus 25:52
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
- 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.
- Leviticus 25:54
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
Leviticus 25:53 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como con tomado á salario anualmente hará con él: no se enseñoreará en él con aspereza delante de tus ojos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il sera chez lui comme un homme à gages, d’année en année; le maître ne dominera pas sur lui avec dureté devant tes yeux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie ein Tagelöhner soll er Jahr für Jahr bei ihm sein; er soll nicht vor deinen Augen mit Härte über ihn herrschen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quibus ante servivit mercedibus imputatis: non affliget eum violenter in conspectu tuo. |