Exodus 23:9 “Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it fe…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

World English Bible

“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version

And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Darby Translation

And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation

'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

Bible in Basic English

Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

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Cross references

“thou shalt not”

Deuteronomy 27:19 Deuteronomy 24:14–18 Exodus 21:21 Deuteronomy 10:19 Psalm 94:6 Ezekiel 22:7

Deuteronomy 27:19 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 24:14–18 · BSB

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

Exodus 21:21 · BSB

However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

Deuteronomy 10:19 · BSB

So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Psalm 94:6 · BSB

They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:7 · BSB

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

“ye know”

Matthew 18:33 Hebrews 2:17 Hebrews 2:18

Matthew 18:33 · BSB

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

Hebrews 2:17 · BSB

For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 2:18 · BSB

Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

Also

Exodus 22:21

Exodus 22:21 · BSB

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

10For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

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