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.In other versions
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
ASV
For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.
BBE
For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as [men] sell bondmen.
DBY
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
WEB
`For they `are' My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold `with' the sale of a servant;
YLT
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
ENG
For they are my servants, which I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bond-men.
WBT
Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
BSB
In context
40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee.
41And 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.
42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.
44Both 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.
