Exodus 23:9
7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
10 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- KJV
- Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- WEB
- “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
- ASV
- And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- DARBY
- And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
- BLB
- And a sojourner you shall not oppress, for you⁺ yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, because you⁺ were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- ÅB
- En fremmed skal du ikke undertrykke; dere vet jo hvordan den fremmede er til mote; dere var selv fremmede i Egypt.
- OTB
- "Du skal ikke undertrykke en fremmed; du kjenner hjertet til en fremmed, for dere var fremmede i Egypt.
- B1930
- En fremmed skal du ikke undertrykke; I vet jo hvorledes den fremmede er til mote; I var selv fremmede i Egyptens land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextExodus 22:21
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:14–18
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
Read in contextMatthew 18:33
Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
Read in contextExodus 21:21
However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Read in contextPsalms 94:6
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Read in contextHebrews 2:17–18
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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