Exodus 23:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 23:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 23:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 23:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 23:9 — World English Bible

Exodus 23:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. ”

Exodus 23:9 — American Standard Version

Exodus 23:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`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.”

Exodus 23:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 23:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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. ”

Exodus 23:9 — Darby Translation

Exodus 23:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 23:9 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 23:9 in Context — Exodus 23

7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

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What Does Exodus 23:9 Mean?

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