Exodus 23:9
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Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of Exodus 23:9
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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 American Standard Version (1995)
And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Douay Rheims Bible
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Webster's Bible
You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
- World English Bible
`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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
View Wesley's Notes for Exodus 23:9
23:9 Thou shalt not oppress the stranger - Though aliens might not inherit lands among them; yet they must have justice done them. It was an instance of the equity of our law, that if an alien be tried for any crime except treason, the one half of his jury, if he desire it, shall be foreigners; a kind provision that strangers may not be oppressed. For ye know the heart of a stranger - You know something of the griefs and fears of a stranger by sad experience.
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