28"Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.


In Context

25 "If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest.

26 If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him by sunset,

27 because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? When he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

28 "Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

29 "Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. "You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

30 Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

Exodus 22:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:28Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods, and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:28Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:28Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:28Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:28|You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:28'God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:28You shall not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of your people.