9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.


In Context

6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Exodus 23:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:9"Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And a stranger shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9|You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.