Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
WEB
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
YLT
`And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
DBT
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus