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Deuteronomy 15:13

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

KJV

et quem libertate donaveris, nequaquam vacuum abire patieris :

Vulgate

ὅταν δὲ ἐξαποστέλλῃς αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον ἀπὸ σοῦ, οὐκ ἐξαποστελεῖς αὐτὸν κενόν·

LXX

And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:

ASV

וְ/כִֽי תְשַׁלְּחֶ֥/נּוּ חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵֽ/עִמָּ֑/ךְ לֹ֥א תְשַׁלְּחֶ֖/נּוּ רֵיקָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָפְשִׁ֖י
chpshy
adjective · 17×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
רֵיקָֽם
ryqm
adverb · 16×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 22:13 — Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Prov 3:27 — Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.