Exodus 23:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “You shall not oppress a stranger; you know the heart of a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also you shall not oppress a temporary resident, for you know the heart of a stranger and sojourner, seeing you were strangers and sojourners in Egypt. American Standard Version (1901) And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Common English Bible Don’t oppress an immigrant. You know what it’s like to be an immigrant, because you were immigrants in the land of Egypt. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not harass a sojourner, for you know the life of a newcomer. For you yourselves also were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt. |
But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.
“Whoever sacrifices to any god, save to the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.
“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without redress.
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’
Love the sojourner therefore; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.
“ ‘Cursed be he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’