Deuteronomy 23:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Let him live among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do not mistreat him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ He shall dwell with you in your midst wherever he chooses in one of your towns where it pleases him best. You shall not defraud or oppress him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ They can stay with you: in your own community or in any place they select from one of your cities, whatever seems good to them. Don’t oppress them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ He shall live with you in a place that pleases him, and he shall rest in one of your cities. You shall not grieve him.

Deuteronomy 23:16 Cross References

Exodus 22:21

‘You must not exploit a resident foreigner  or oppress him, since you were resident foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:9

You must not oppress a resident foreigner;  you yourselves know how it feels to be a resident foreigner because you were resident foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 22:22

Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed  at the city gate,

Jeremiah 7:6

if you no longer oppress the resident foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,  and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident foreigner or the poor,  and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.”

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.

James 2:6

Yet you have dishonoured the poor.  Don’t the rich oppress you and drag  you into court?