Leviticus 25:43 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴³ You shall not rule over them with harshness but shall fear your God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴³ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you shall [reverently] fear your God. [Eph. 6:9; Col. 4:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴³ Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

Common English Bible

⁴³ You will not harshly rule over them but must fear your God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ Do not afflict him by power, but be fearful of your God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴³ Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God.

Leviticus 25:43 Cross References

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

2 Chronicles 28:10

Now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. But what have you except sins against the Lord your God?

Job 31:13

“If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me,

Job 31:14

what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:21

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Exodus 2:23

After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,

Exodus 3:9

The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.

Exodus 5:14

And the Israelite supervisors whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not finish the required quantity of bricks yesterday and today, as you did before?”

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day and oppress all your workers.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak; you have not healed the sick; you have not bound up the injured; you have not brought back the strays; you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them.

Leviticus 25:17

You shall not cheat one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 25:42

For they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves are sold.

Leviticus 25:44

As for the male and female slaves whom you may have, it is from the nations around you that you may acquire male and female slaves.

Leviticus 25:46

You may keep them as a possession for your children after you, for them to inherit as property. These you may treat as slaves, but as for your fellow Israelites, no one shall rule over the other with harshness.

Leviticus 25:53

As a laborer hired by the year they shall be under the alien’s authority, who shall not, however, rule with harshness over them in your sight.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Ephesians 6:9

And, masters, do the same to them. Stop threatening them, for you know that both of you have the same Lord in heaven, and with him there is no partiality.

Deuteronomy 25:18

how he attacked you on the way, when you were faint and weary, and struck down all who lagged behind you; he did not fear God.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, for you know that you also have a Master in heaven.