Leviticus 19:13
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- WEB
- “‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- BLB
- You shall not oppress your neighbor, and you shall not rob. The wage of a hireling shall not remain with you until morning.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke frata din neste noe med urett og ikke rane noe fra ham; du skal ikke la en dagarbeiders lønn bli natten over hos deg til om morgenen.
- OTB
- Ikke bedrager eller raner din nabo. Ikke hold tilbake lønnen til en leiearbeider over natten.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke frata din næste noget med urett og ikke rane noget fra ham; du skal ikke la en dagarbeiders lønn bli natten over hos dig til om morgenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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 24:14–15
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Read in contextJeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Read in contextProverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Read in contextExodus 22:15
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
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