Exodus 22:21

In 11 translations

BSB

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

KJV

¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

WEB

“You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

ASV

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

LSV

And you do not oppress a sojourner, nor crush him, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.

YLT

'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

DBY

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

DRC

Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

GNV

Moreouer, thou shalt not do iniurie to a stranger, neither oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

JPS22:20

And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

LXXE22:20

And ye shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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WLC22:20

וְגֵ֥ר לֹא־תוֹנֶ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תִלְחָצֶ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃KJV:Exod.22.21

LXX-Br22:20

Καὶ προσήλυτον οὐ κακώσετε, οὐδὲ μὴ θλίψητε αὐτόν· ἦτε γάρ προσήλυτοι ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.

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• Exodus 23:9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 10:19So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• Leviticus 19:33When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
• Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
• Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
• Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
• Deuteronomy 23:7Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
• 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…
• Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed…
• Deuteronomy 15:15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

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