Leviticus 25:53 “He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign…”

Leviticus 25:53

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

World English Bible

As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.

American Standard Version

As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shalbe with him yeere by yeere as an hired seruant: he shall not rule cruelly ouer him in thy sight.

Darby Translation

As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; [his master] shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.

Young's Literal Translation

as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.

Bible in Basic English

And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

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In context

52If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.

54Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.

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