21"Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.


In Context

18 "Do not allow a sorceress to live.

19 "Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death.

20 "Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the Lord must be destroyed.

21 "Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.

22 "Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan.

23 If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

Exodus 22:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:21Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:21And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:21And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:21|You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:21'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:21You shall neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.