Leviticus 25:53

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

In context

51 If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.

52 If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.

53 He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

54 Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.

55 For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
KJV King James Version: And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
WEB World English Bible: As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
ASV American Standard Version: As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.
DBY Darby Translation: As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; [his master] shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.
WBS Webster Bible: And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.