39And if your brother that dwells by you be waxen poor, and be sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:


In Context

36 Take you no usury of him, or increase: but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.

37 You shall not give him your money on usury, nor lend him your victuals for increase.

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

39 And if your brother that dwells by you be waxen poor, and be sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you to the year of jubilee.

41 And then shall he depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Leviticus 25:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:39And 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:39" 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor among you and sells himself to you, do not make him work as a slave.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:39If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:39And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:39And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:39And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:39And 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:39|'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:39'And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;