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


In Context

36 Do not take interest of any kind from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may continue to live among you.

37 You must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at a profit.

38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

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

40 He is to be treated as a hired worker or a temporary resident among you; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

41 Then he and his children are to be released, and he will go back to his own clan and to the property of his forefathers.

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 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:39And 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: