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Leviticus 25:43

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.
Leviticus 25:43 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

    ASV

  • Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

    BBE

  • Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

    DBY

  • You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

    WEB

  • thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.

    YLT

  • You shall not rule over him with rigour; but shall fear your God.

    ENG

  • Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

    WBT

  • You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

    BSB

In context

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.

45Moreover 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.

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