KJV King James Version
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And 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.
Surrounding context — Exodus 23
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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.
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
11 But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
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וְגֵ֖רH1616 · gersojournerלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתִלְחָ֑ץH3905 · la.chatsto oppressוְאַתֶּ֗םH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)יְדַעְתֶּם֙H3045 · ya.dato knowאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נֶ֣פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulהַגֵּ֔רH1616 · gersojournerכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforגֵרִ֥יםH1616 · gersojournerהֱיִיתֶ֖םH1961 · ha.yahto beבְּאֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.Matthew 18:33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?Deuteronomy 24:14-18Thou 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:Deuteronomy 10:19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Psalm 94:6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.Hebrews 2:17-18Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.Exodus 21:21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he [is] his money.
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