Leviticus 25:17
New International Version
Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God.

New Living Translation
Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the LORD your God.

English Standard Version
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

King James Bible
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

New King James Version
Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

NASB 1995
‘So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

NASB 1977
‘So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Legacy Standard Bible
So you shall not mistreat one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

Amplified Bible
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; for I am the LORD your God.

Christian Standard Bible
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the LORD your God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.”

American Standard Version
And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you shall not cheat any man his brother, and be in awe of your God, because I AM LORD JEHOVAH your God.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let not a man oppress his neighbour, and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord thy God.

Contemporary English Version
I am the LORD your God, so obey me and don't cheat anyone.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord your God.

English Revised Version
And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Never take advantage of each other. Fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

Good News Translation
Do not cheat an Israelite, but obey the LORD your God.

International Standard Version
No one is to cheat his neighbor. Instead, you are to fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.

Literal Standard Version
and you do not oppress one another, and you have been afraid of your God; for I [am] your God YHWH.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

New American Bible
Do not deal unfairly with one another, then; but stand in fear of your God. I, the LORD, am your God.

NET Bible
No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not cheat one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

New Heart English Bible
You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

World English Bible
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Return of Property
16You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests. 17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Cross References
1 Thessalonians 4:6
and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.

Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Jeremiah 7:5
For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,

Jeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,


Treasury of Scripture

You shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

shall not

Leviticus 25:14
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

fear

Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Leviticus 19:14,32
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD…

Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

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Leviticus 25
1. the Sabbath of the seventh year
8. The jubilee in the fiftieth year
14. Of oppression
18. A blessing of obedience
23. The redemption of land
29. Of houses
35. Compassion to the poor
39. The usage of bondmen
47. The redemption of servants














(17) Ye shall not therefore oppress one another.--Better, And ye shall not overreach any man his neighbour. (See Leviticus 25:14.)

But thou shalt fear thy God--who pleads the cause of the oppressed, and avenges every injustice. (See Leviticus 19:14.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take advantage
תוֹנוּ֙ (ṯō·w·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3238: To rage, be violent, to suppress, to maltreat

of one
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

another,
עֲמִית֔וֹ (‘ă·mî·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5997: Companionship, a comrade, kindred man

but fear
וְיָרֵ֖אתָ (wə·yā·rê·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

your God;
מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ (mê·’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

for
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

am the LORD
יְהֹוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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