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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.

KJV

Servus et ancilla sint vobis de nationibus quæ in circuitu vestro sunt :

Vulgate

καὶ παῖς καὶ παιδίσκη ὅσοι ἂν γένωνταί σοι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ὅσοι κύκλῳ σού εἰσιν, ἀπ’ αὐτῶν κτήσεσθε δοῦλον καὶ δούλην.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ וַ/אֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִהְיוּ לָ֑/ךְ מֵ/אֵ֣ת הַ/גּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם מֵ/הֶ֥ם תִּקְנ֖וּ עֶ֥בֶד וְ/אָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
noun · 56×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
קְנֵ֣ה
qnh
verb · 86×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 12:44 — But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
  • Num 31:18 — But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.