Exodus 23:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And a stranger shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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King 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.

Exodus 23:9 Cross References

Psalm 94:6

They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.

Exodus 21:21

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

Exodus 22:20

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Exodus 22:21

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

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Leviticus 19:33

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

Matthew 18:33

shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?

Deuteronomy 10:19

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 23:7

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed be he that wresteth the judgement of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.