Leviticus 25:44
“Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Leviticus 25:44 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Was aber deinen Knecht und deine Magd betrifft, die du haben wirst: von den Nationen, die rings um euch her sind, von ihnen möget ihr Knecht und Magd kaufen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Así tu siervo como tu sierva que tuvieres, serán de las gentes que están en vuestro alrededor: de ellos compraréis siervos y siervas.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Assim teu servo como tua serva que tiveres, serão das nações que estão em vosso ao redor: deles comprareis servos e servas.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Quanto aos vossos escravos e vossas escravas, podereis obtê-los das nações que vivem a vossa volta, certamente comprareis dos que tiverem ao vosso redor.
📖 Leviticus 25:44 in Context
42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
45Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
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