KJV King James Version
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest [ought] of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
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Leviticus 25:14
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest [ought] of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
WEB World English Bible
“‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
ASV American Standard Version
And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 25
11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed.
12 For it [is] the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest [ought] of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, [and] according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.
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וְכִֽי־H3588 · kiforתִמְכְּר֤וּH4376 · ma.kharto sellמִמְכָּר֙H4465 · mim.karsaleלַעֲמִיתֶ֔ךָH5997 · a.mitneighborא֥וֹH176 · oorקָנֹ֖הH7069 · qa.nahto buyמִיַּ֣דH3027 · yadhandעֲמִיתֶ֑ךָH5997 · a.mitneighborאַל־H408 · alnotתּוֹנ֖וּH3238 · ya.nahto oppressאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אָחִֽיו׃H251 · achbrother: male-sibling
Cross-references
Leviticus 19:13Thou 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.Leviticus 25:17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.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.Amos 5:11-12Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.James 5:1-5Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].Ezekiel 22:12-13In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.Micah 6:10-12Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?Micah 2:2-3And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.1 Samuel 12:3-4Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.Amos 8:4-7Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,Isaiah 58:6[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.Luke 3:14And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse [any] falsely; and be content with your wages.Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].Isaiah 3:12-15[As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.
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