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si paupertate conpulsus vendiderit se tibi frater tuus non eum opprimes servitute famulorum
And if your brother that dwells by you be waxen poor, and be sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
And if your brother that dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a slave:
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 that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
‘And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.
“‘And if thy brother who dwelleth by thee be waxed poor and is sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant;
And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.
And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants:
And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant:
“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
"If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, don't work him like a slave.
If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.
"If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond 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 a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.
"'If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
"If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell himself to you, do not treat him as a slave.
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee shall have become poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant:
"'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
If an Israelite becomes poor, he might sell himself to you. But he must not work for you as a slave. You must pay him to work as your servant.
`And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
‘If your brother becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, do not make him work as a servant.
If your fellow citizen becomes so poor that he must sell himself to you as a slave, do not treat him as a slave.
“If a fellow Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, you must not treat him as an ordinary slave,
“If your brother becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve you as a slave.
‘If a brother of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
And when thy brother becomes poor, being with thee, and if he should sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a slave.
“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.
And if your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bondman (a slave not eligible for redemption),
“‘If anyone from your country becomes very poor and sells himself as a slave to you, you must not make him work like a slave.
“If one of your brothers becomes indigent and has to sell himself to you, don’t make him work as a slave. Treat him as a hired hand or a guest among you. He will work for you until the Jubilee, after which he and his children are set free to go back to his clan and his ancestral land. Because the People of Israel are my servants whom I brought out of Egypt, they must never be sold as slaves. Don’t tyrannize them; fear your God.
When your fellow Israelite becomes so indebted to you that he is sold to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave.
If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
If any Israelites living near you become so poor that they sell themselves to you as a slave, you shall not make them do the work of a slave.
If thy brother compelled by poverty selleth himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him by servage of servants (thou shalt not make him thy slave),
Suppose some of your people become so poor that they have to sell themselves and become your slaves.
“And if your brother becomes poor beside you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
“If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
If one of your fellow Israelites faces financial difficulty with you and sells themselves to you, you must not make him work as a slave.
‘And if your fellow countryman becomes so poor [in his dealings] with you that he sells himself to you [as payment for a debt], you shall not let him do the work of a slave [who is ineligible for redemption],
“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
When your kindred with you, having been so reduced to poverty, sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
‘Now if a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
“‘If ·anyone from your country [your brother/kinsman] becomes very poor and sells himself as a slave to you, you must not make him work like a slave [Ex. 21:2–6; Deut. 15:12–18].
“If your brother has grown poor among you and sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave labor.
“And if your brother becomes poor beside you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
“ ‘Suppose any of your own people become poor. And suppose they sell themselves to you. Then do not make them work as slaves.
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:
(RY: iv, LY: vi) “‘If a member of your people has become poor among you and sells himself to you, do not make him do the work of a slave.
If any who are dependent on you become so impoverished that they sell themselves to you, you shall not make them serve as slaves.
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee become poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to do avodat eved;
“If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, don’t work him like a slave.
If your brother who dwells near you becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant.
“If anyone from your own country becomes so poor that they must sell themselves to you, don’t make them work like slaves.
“‘Someone from your country might become very poor. He might even sell himself as a slave to you. If he does, you must not make him work like a slave.
“‘And if your countryman who is with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, you shall not treat him as a slave.
‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.
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