Leviticus 25:53 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵³ His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.

Leviticus 25:53 Cross References

Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Leviticus 25:43

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

Leviticus 25:46

And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.

Leviticus 25:52

And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.