Catholic Public Domain Version
"If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants. "
— Leviticus 25:39, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:”
“And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant. ”
“"'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.”
““‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.”
“If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.”
“And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;”
“And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:”
do not accept usury from him, nor anything more than what you gave. Fear your God, so that your brother may be able to live with you.
You shall not give him your money by usury, nor exact from him an overabundance of produce.
I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I might give to you the land of Canaan, and so that I may be your God.
If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants.
But he shall be like a hired hand or a settler; he shall work with you, until the year of the Jubilee.
And after that, he shall depart with his children, and he shall return to his kindred, to the possession of his fathers.
For these are my servants, and I led them away from the land of Egypt; let them not be sold into the condition of servitude.