Exodus 23:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 23:9

7 ^aKeep yourself far from a false matter; ^bdo not kill the innocent and righteous. For ^cI will not justify the wicked.

8 And ^ayou ^bshall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

9 “Also you shall not oppress a¹ stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The Law of Sabbaths

10 ^a“Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,

11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your¹ olive grove.

12 ^aSix days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed.

13 “And in all that I have said to you, ^abe circumspect and ^bmake no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 23:9

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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.

Amplified® Bible
Also you shall not oppress a temporary resident, for you know the heart of a stranger {and} sojourner, seeing you were strangers {and} sojourners in Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
Don't mistreat foreigners. You were foreigners in Egypt, and you know what it is like.

Darby English Version
And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

Good News Bible
"Do not mistreat a foreigner; you know how it feels to be a foreigner, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you {also} were strangers in the land of Egypt.

New International Version
"Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.

New King James Version
'Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also lived as strangers in the land of Egypt.

Revised Standard Version
"You shall not oppress a stranger; you know the heart of a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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.

New English Translation
“You must not oppress¹ a foreigner, since you know the life² of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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