43Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.


In Context

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.

42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

43 Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.

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

45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.

Leviticus 25:43 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:43Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:43You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:43thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:43You shall not rule over him with rigor; but shall fear your God.