Exodus 22:21
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- KJV
- Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- WEB
- “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
- ASV
- And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
- BLB
- And a sojourner you shall not oppress and you shall not crush, for you⁺ were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- ÅB
- En fremmed skal du ikke plage og ikke undertrykke; for dere har selv vært fremmede i Egypt.
- OTB
- «Ikke undertrykk eller mishandle en fremmed, for dere var fremmede i landet Egypt.
- B1930
- En fremmed skal du ikke plage og ikke undertrykke; for I har selv vært fremmede i Egyptens land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 10:19
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextExodus 23:9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:33
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Read in contextZechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Read in contextMalachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 23:7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:6
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Read in contextExodus 20:2
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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