Leviticus 25:43 “You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.”

Leviticus 25:43

You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

World English Bible

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

Young's Literal Translation

thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.

Bible in Basic English

Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

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Cross references

“rule”

Colossians 4:1 Leviticus 25:46 Leviticus 25:53 Exodus 2:23 Exodus 3:7 Exodus 3:9

Colossians 4:1 · BSB

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Leviticus 25:46 · BSB

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

Leviticus 25:53 · 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.

Exodus 2:23 · BSB

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

Exodus 3:7 · BSB

The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Exodus 3:9 · BSB

And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.

“but shalt”

Leviticus 25:17 Exodus 1:17 Exodus 1:21 Deuteronomy 25:18 Malachi 3:5

Leviticus 25:17 · BSB

Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Exodus 1:17 · BSB

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:21 · BSB

And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

Deuteronomy 25:18 · BSB

how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

Malachi 3:5 · BSB

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their…

Also

Ezekiel 34:4

Ezekiel 34:4 · BSB

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

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

In context

42Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

44Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

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