Exodus 22:21
World English Bible (WEB)
“You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
In context
19 “Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
20 “He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
21 “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
22 “You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus 22:21 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
- KJV King James Version
- Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.