Leviticus 25:43
World English Bible (WEB)
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
In context
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.
42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
44 “‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
45 Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
Leviticus 25:43 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
- KJV King James Version
- Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.