Leviticus 25:39

World English Bible (WEB)

“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

In context

37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

39 “‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

40 As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.

41 Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.

WEB World English Bible: “‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
KJV King James Version: And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
BSB Berean Standard Bible: If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
ASV American Standard Version: And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 'And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
DBY Darby Translation: And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
WBS Webster Bible: And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee shall have become poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: