Leviticus 25:53 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵³ And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵³ And as a servant hired year by year shall he deal with him; he shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression) in your sight [make sure of that].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵³ As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

Common English Bible

⁵³ Regardless, the Israelite will be to the buyer like a yearly laborer; the buyer must not harshly rule over them in your sight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵³ his wages being charged by what served before. He shall not afflict him violently in your sight.

Leviticus 25:53 Cross References

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 25:43

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

Exodus 1:13

The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to hard servitude

Leviticus 25:52

and if few years remain until the Jubilee year, they shall compute thus: according to the years involved they shall make payment for their redemption.