American Standard Version
"As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. "
— Leviticus 25:53, American Standard Version
“And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.”
“As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.”
“He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.”
“His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.”
“And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.”
“And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.”
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.
If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
And if he be not redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.
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 Jehovah your God.