KJV King James Version
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.
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Leviticus 19:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
WEB World English Bible
“‘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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 19
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.
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.
13 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.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתַעֲשֹׁ֥קH6231 · a.shaqto oppressאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רֵֽעֲךָ֖H7453 · re.aneighborוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתִגְזֹ֑לH1497 · ga.zalto plunderלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתָלִ֞יןH3885 · lunto lodgeפְּעֻלַּ֥תH6468 · pe.ul.lahwagesשָׂכִ֛ירH7916 · sa.khirhiredאִתְּךָ֖H854 · etwithעַד־H5704 · adtillבֹּֽקֶר׃H1242 · bo.qermorning
Cross-references
James 5:4Behold, 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.Malachi 3:5And 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.Deuteronomy 24:14-15Thou 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:Jeremiah 22:13Woe 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;Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.Exodus 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.Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.Jeremiah 22:3Thus 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.Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Job 31:39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:Exodus 22:24-27And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.1 Thessalonians 4:6That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.Luke 3:13And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.Exodus 22:8-9If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.Leviticus 6:3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:Exodus 22:13If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.
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