Deuteronomy 15:13

In 11 translations

BSB

And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.

KJV

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

WEB

When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.

ASV

And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:

LSV

And when you send him away free from you, you do not send him away empty;

YLT

And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;

DBY

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;

DRC

And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

GNV

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,

JPS

And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty;

LXXE

And when thou shalt send him out free from thee, thou shalt not send him out empty.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְכִֽי־תְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵֽעִמָּ֑ךְ לֹ֥א תְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ רֵיקָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὅταν δὲ ἐξαποστέλλῃς αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον ἀπὸ σοῦ, οὐκ ἐξαποστελεῖς αὐτὸν κενόν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
• Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
• Proverbs 3:27–28Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
• Leviticus 25:42–44Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves. You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God. Your menservants and maidservants…
• Exodus 3:21And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.
• Colossians 4:1Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
• Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night…

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