Leviticus 25:53
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.In other versions
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
ASV
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.
BBE
As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; [his master] shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.
DBY
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
WEB
as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.
YLT
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in your sight.
ENG
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
WBT
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.
BSB
In context
51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
52And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
53And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
54And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him.
55For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
