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


In Context

18 |You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

19 |Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

20 |He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.

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

22 |You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:21"Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in 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 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.