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Deuteronomy 15:18

It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

KJV

Non avertas ab eis oculos tuos, quando dimiseris eos liberos, quoniam juxta mercedem mercenarii per sex annos servivit tibi : ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in cunctis operibus quæ agis.

Vulgate

οὐ σκληρὸν ἔσται ἐναντίον σου ἐξαποστελλομένων αὐτῶν ἐλευθέρων ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὅτι ἐφέτιον μισθὸν τοῦ μισθωτοῦ ἐδούλευσέν σοι ἓξ ἔτη· καὶ εὐλογήσει σε Κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς ἐὰν ποιῇς.

LXX

It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

ASV

לֹא יִקְשֶׁ֣ה בְ/עֵינֶ֗/ךָ בְּ/שַׁלֵּֽחֲ/ךָ֙ אֹת֤/וֹ חָפְשִׁי֙ מֵֽ/עִמָּ֔/ךְ כִּ֗י מִשְׁנֶה֙ שְׂכַ֣ר שָׂכִ֔יר עֲבָֽדְ/ךָ֖ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וּ/בֵֽרַכְ/ךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ בְּ/כֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
חָפְשִׁ֖י
chpshy
adjective · 17×
י
y
noun · 27×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יַּקְשׁוּ֙
yqshv
verb · 27×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 287×
מִּשְׁנֶ֑ה
mshnh
noun · 35×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shsh
adjective · 215×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
שָׂכִ֖יר
shkyr
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 21:2 — If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
  • Job 7:1 — Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?