KJV King James Version
[But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
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Leviticus 25:40
[But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
WEB World English Bible
As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:
ASV American Standard Version
As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee,—
Surrounding context — Leviticus 25
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
38 I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.
39 And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
40 [But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
41 And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
42 For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
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