Deuteronomy 23:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ he shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place which he shall choose within one of your towns, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ He shall dwell with thee in the place that shall please him, and shall rest, in one of thy cities. Give him no trouble.

Deuteronomy 23:16 Cross References

Exodus 22:21

“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:9

“You shall not oppress a stranger; you know the heart of a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.”

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court?