Leviticus 25:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֤א תוֹנוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־עֲמִית֔וֹ וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-lōʾ tônû ʾîš [direct object marker]-ʿămîtô, wə-yārēʾtā from-ʾĕlōhekā, for ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *tônû*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall wrong/oppress
• *ʾîš*: common noun, masculine singular - man/each
• *ʿămîtô*: common noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his neighbor/fellow
• *wə-yārēʾtā*: conjunction + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall fear
• *ʾĕlōhekā*: common noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: common noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

• *tônû*: you shall wrong/you shall oppress/you shall deceive
• *ʿămîtô*: his neighbor/his fellow/his companion
• *yārēʾtā*: you shall fear/you shall revere/you shall be in awe of
• *ʾĕlōhekā*: your God/your deity/your divine being

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:14 : 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
• Lev 19:32 : 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
• Lev 25:43 : 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
• Exod 20:20 : 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
• Lev 25:14 : 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
• Gen 20:11 : 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.
• Gen 22:12 : 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
• Gen 39:9 : 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
• Gen 42:18 : 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
• Deut 25:18 : 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
• 1 Sam 12:24 : 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
• 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
• Neh 5:9 : 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
• Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
• Ps 19:9 : 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
• Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
• Jer 7:5-6 : 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
• Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
• Acts 9:31 : 31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
• Acts 10:2 : 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
• Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
• Rom 3:18 : 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
• Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
• 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.