Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. New Living Translation “Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. English Standard Version “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. Berean Standard Bible When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. King James Bible And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. New King James Version ‘And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. New American Standard Bible ‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. NASB 1995 ‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. NASB 1977 ‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. Legacy Standard Bible ‘And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. Amplified Bible ‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress or mistreat him. Christian Standard Bible “When an alien resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. Holman Christian Standard Bible When a foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him. American Standard Version And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when someone who is converted to me will dwell with you, you shall not wrong him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, ye shall not afflict him. Contemporary English Version Don't mistreat any foreigners who live in your land. Douay-Rheims Bible If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid him : English Revised Version And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Never mistreat a foreigner living in your land. Good News Translation "Do not mistreat foreigners who are living in your land. International Standard Version "If a resident alien lives with you in your land, you are not to mistreat him. JPS Tanakh 1917 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. Literal Standard Version And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you do not oppress him; Majority Standard Bible When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. New American Bible When an alien resides with you in your land, do not mistreat such a one. NET Bible When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. New Revised Standard Version When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. New Heart English Bible "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. Webster's Bible Translation And if a stranger shall sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not oppress him. World English Bible “‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. Young's Literal Translation 'And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him; Additional Translations ... Context Keep My Decrees…32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD. 33When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. 34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.… Cross References Exodus 22:21 You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's cloak as security. Deuteronomy 24:18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!' Treasury of Scripture And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not vex him. And if Exodus 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Deuteronomy 10:18,19 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment… vex him. Jeremiah 7:6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Ezekiel 22:7,29 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 vexed the fatherless and the widow… Jump to Previous Alien Country Foreigner Hard Life Mistreat Molest Oppress Resides Sojourn Sojourner Sojourneth Sojourns Vex WrongJump to Next Alien Country Foreigner Hard Life Mistreat Molest Oppress Resides Sojourn Sojourner Sojourneth Sojourns Vex WrongLeviticus 19 1. A repetition of various laws(33) And if a stranger sojourn with thee.--The stranger, for whose benefit the legislators enacted so many humane and benign laws, and with regard to whom the book of Leviticus has laid down so many precepts, is one of non-Jewish origin, but who had joined the Jewish faith. He had, therefore, to undergo the rite of circumcision; he had to fast on the great Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29); he had to submit to the regulations about sacrifices (Leviticus 17:8-9; Leviticus 22:18); he had to abstain from eating blood and the flesh of animals torn by wild beasts (Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 22:15); he had to practise the laws of chastity (Leviticus 18:26); like the Israelite by birth, he had to refrain from blasphemy, and obey the moral precepts (Leviticus 24:16-22). These were some of the conditions of his sojourning in the land. . . . Verses 33, 34. - The command already given "neither to vex a stranger, nor oppress him" (Exodus 22:21), on the pathetic ground that "ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt" (Exodus 23:9), is broadened in these verses to the positive law, thou shalt love him as thyself. "The royal law of verse 18 is expressly extended to the stranger, and notwithstanding the national narrowness necessary to preserve the true religion in the world, the general brotherhood of mankind is hereby taught as far as was possible under the circumstances" (Gardiner). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whenוְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction a foreigner גֵּ֖ר (gêr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner resides יָג֧וּר (yā·ḡūr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility with you אִתְּךָ֛ (’it·tə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among in your land, בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם (bə·’ar·ṣə·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 776: Earth, land you must not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no oppress תוֹנ֖וּ (ṯō·w·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3238: To rage, be violent, to suppress, to maltreat him. אֹתֽוֹ׃ (’ō·ṯōw) Direct object marker | third person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case Links Leviticus 19:33 NIVLeviticus 19:33 NLT Leviticus 19:33 ESV Leviticus 19:33 NASB Leviticus 19:33 KJV Leviticus 19:33 BibleApps.com Leviticus 19:33 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 19:33 Chinese Bible Leviticus 19:33 French Bible Leviticus 19:33 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 19:33 If a stranger lives as a foreigner (Le Lv Lev.) |
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