9|You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.


In Context

6 |You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

7 |Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 |You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 |You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

10 |For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

Exodus 23:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:9"Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And a stranger shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.