Leviticus 25:43

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not rule over him with rigor; but shall fear your God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תִרְדֶּ֥ה ב֖וֹ בְּפָ֑רֶךְ וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Not-tirdeh in-him with-pārek and-yārēʾtā from-ʾĕlōhêkā.

Grammar Details

• *tirdeh*: 2nd person masculine singular qal imperfect - you shall rule
• *pārek*: masculine singular noun with preposition - with harshness/severity
• *yārēʾtā*: 2nd person masculine singular qal perfect with waw consecutive - you shall fear
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - your God

Word Meanings

• *tirdeh*: rule/dominate/have dominion over
• *pārek*: harshness/severity/rigor/oppression
• *yārēʾtā*: fear/reverence/stand in awe of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt not ru over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not rule{H7287} over him with rigor,{H6531} but shalt fear{H3372} thy God.{H430}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not rule{H7287}{(H8799)} over him with rigour{H6531}; but shalt fear{H3372}{(H8804)} thy God{H430}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Se therfore that thou reigne not ouer him cruelly but feare thi God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou shalt not raigne ouer them with crueltie, but shalt feare thy God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt not rule ouer hym cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

Referenced Verses

• Col 4:1 : 1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
• Exod 1:13-14 : 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, which they made them serve, was with rigor.
• Lev 25:17 : 17 You shall not oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.
• Lev 25:46 : 46 And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, you shall not rule one over another with rigor.
• Lev 25:53 : 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight.
• Eph 6:9 : 9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, refraining from threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.
• Ezek 34:4 : 4 The diseased you have not strengthened, nor have you healed that which was sick, nor have you bound up that which was broken, nor have you brought back that which was driven away, nor have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty you have ruled them.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
• Deut 25:18 : 18 How he met you on the way and attacked your rear, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I have defiled My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; upon the elderly you have laid your yoke very heavily.
• Isa 58:3 : 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors.
• Exod 1:17 : 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
• Exod 1:21 : 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
• Exod 2:23 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
• Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
• Exod 3:9 : 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
• Exod 5:14 : 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and questioned, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before?