Leviticus 19:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Treat the foreigner residing among you as your native-born and love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But the stranger that dwelth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But let the straunger that dwelleth with you, be as one of youre selues, and loue him as thi selfe, for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte. I am the Lorde youre God.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He shal dwell with you, euen as one that is at home amonge you, & thou shalt loue him as yi self: for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte. I am the LORDE youre God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your selues, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe: for ye were strangers in the lad of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But the straunger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your owne nation, and thou shalt loue hym as thy selfe, for ye were straungers in the lande of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
  • Deut 10:19 : 19 Therefore love the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
  • Exod 12:48-49 : 48 And when a stranger dwells with you, and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is native to the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 10:18-19
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    90%

    18He executes the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

    19Therefore love the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Lev 19:33
    89%

    33And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

  • Lev 24:22
    84%

    22You shall have one manner of law, for the stranger as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 22:21
    84%

    21You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 23:9
    83%

    9Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Num 15:14-17
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    82%

    14And if a stranger lives with you, or whoever is among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, as you do, so shall he do.

    15One ordinance shall be for you of the congregation and also for the stranger who lives with you, an ordinance forever in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.

    16One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who lives with you.

    17And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 12:48-49
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    81%

    48And when a stranger dwells with you, and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is native to the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

    49One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.

  • Num 9:14
    79%

    14And if a stranger dwells among you, and desires to keep the Passover to the LORD; according to the ordinance of the Passover and according to its manner, so shall he do: you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and for him who was born in the land.

  • Deut 23:7
    78%

    7You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.

  • Lev 19:18
    76%

    18You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:26
    75%

    26You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you:

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    75%

    29You shall have one law for him who sins through ignorance, both for him who is native among the children of Israel and for the stranger who lives among them.

  • Lev 25:35
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    35And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

  • Ezek 47:22-23
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    74%

    22And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among you, and to the strangers who live among you, who shall bear children among you: and they shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23And it shall come to pass, that in whatever tribe the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord GOD.

  • Lev 25:45
    73%

    45Moreover of the children of the strangers who dwell among you, from them shall you buy, and from their families that are with you, which they begot in your land: and they shall be your possession.

  • Deut 23:16
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    16He shall dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he chooses in one of your gates, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.

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    4And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near you.

  • Lev 25:47
    72%

    47And if a sojourner or stranger becomes rich by you, and your brother that dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner by you, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

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    38I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

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    11And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

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    17You shall not oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:29
    72%

    29And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

  • Jer 7:6
    72%

    6If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;

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    71%

    43The foreigner that is within you shall rise up above you very high; and you shall come down very low.

  • Deut 24:14
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    14You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of the strangers that are in your land within your gates:

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    35You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Exod 12:43
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    43And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 'This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat of it;

  • Lev 25:6
    71%

    6And the sabbath of the land shall provide food for you; for you, and for your servant, and for your maid, and for your hired servant, and for the stranger who dwells with you,

  • Deut 23:20
    70%

    20To a stranger you may lend with interest; but to your brother you shall not lend with interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are going to possess.

  • 1 Kgs 8:41
    70%

    41Moreover concerning a stranger, who is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name's sake;

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    10And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 24:19
    70%

    19When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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    70%

    10No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a temporary resident of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Matt 22:39
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    39And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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    9There shall be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god.

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    2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God.

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    22And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

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    22And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any of the gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger; I am the LORD your God.

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    33Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.

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    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

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    8And you shall say to them, Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,