Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
KJV
Mei enim servi sunt, et ego eduxi eos de terra Ægypti : non veneant conditione servorum :
Vulgate
διότι οἰκέται μού εἰσιν οὗτοι οὓς ἐξήγαγον ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, οὐ πραθήσεται ἐν πράσει οἰκέτου.
LXX
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
ASV
כִּֽי עֲבָדַ֣/י הֵ֔ם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֹתָ֖/ם מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לֹ֥א יִמָּכְר֖וּ מִמְכֶּ֥רֶת עָֽבֶד
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 74×
מִמְכֶּ֥רֶת
mmkrt
noun · 1×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:21 — Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
- 1Cor 7:23 — Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
- Isa 41:8 — But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
- Lev 25:55 — For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 25:55 — For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Rom 6:22 — But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.