Leviticus 25:43
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New International Version (©1984)
Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Do not treat them harshly. Fear your God.

King James Bible
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.

American King James Version
You shall not rule over him with rigor; but shall fear your God.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

Bible in Basic English
Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.

Darby Bible Translation
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

World English Bible
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

Young's Literal Translation
thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.

Geneva Study Bible

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.

Wesley's Notes

25:43 Fear thy God - Though thou dost not fear them who are in thy power, and unable to right themselves, yet fear that God who hath commanded thee to use them kindly, and who can and will avenge their cause, if thou oppress them.

Scofield Reference Notes

Margin fear

See Scofield Note: "Ps 19:9"

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:39-55 A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for a son of Abraham. Masters are required to give to their servants that which is just and equal, Col 4:1. At the year of jubilee the servant should go out free, he and his children, and should return to his own family. This typified redemption from the service of sin and Satan, by the grace of God in Christ, whose truth makes us free, Joh 8:32. We cannot ransom our fellow-sinners, but we may point out Christ to them; while by his grace our lives may adorn his gospel, express our love, show our gratitude, and glorify his holy name.


Exodus 1:13 The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously;
Exodus 1:14 and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.
Leviticus 25:46 'You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.
Leviticus 25:53 'Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight.
Ezekiel 34:4 "Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.
Colossians 4:1 Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven. (NASB ©1995)

Afraid Fear Hard Harshness Master Revere Rigor Rigour Rulest Ruthlessly Severity


Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.

rule Le 25:46,53 Ex 1:13,14 2:23 3:7,9 5:14 Isa 47:6 58:3 Eph 6:9 Col 4:1

but shalt Le 25:17 Ex 1:17,21 De 25:18 Mal 3:5

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