44Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.


In Context

41 And afterwards he shall go out with his children, and shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his fathers,

42 For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen:

43 Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.

44 Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.

45 And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were born of them in your land, these you shall have for servants:

46 And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.

Leviticus 25:44 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:44" 'Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:44And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:44And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are around you; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44|'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:44And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast are of the nations who are round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:44Both your slaves, and your bondmaids, which you shall have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall you buy slaves and bondmaids.