Verse 9

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ikke undertrykk en fremmed, for dere vet hvordan det er å være fremmed siden dere selv var fremmede i Egypt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skal også ikke undertrykke en fremmed, for dere kjenner den fremmedes sjel, siden dere var fremmede i Egypt.

• Norsk King James

  Du skal ikke undertrykke en fremmed: for du kjenner hjertet til den fremmede, siden dere var fremmede i Egypt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal ikke undertrykke den fremmede, for du kjenner selv den fremmedes følelser, ettersom dere var fremmede i Egyptens land.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Undertrykk ikke den fremmede; dere vet hvordan det er å være fremmed, for dere var fremmede i landet Egypt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal heller ikke undertrykke en fremmed, for dere kjenner fremmedes hjerte, siden dere selv var fremmede i Egypt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal heller ikke undertrykke en fremmed, for du kjenner et fremmeds hjerte, siden du selv en gang var fremmed i Egypt.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Du skal heller ikke undertrykke en fremmed, for dere kjenner fremmedes hjerte, siden dere selv var fremmede i Egypt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal ikke undertrykke den fremmede, for dere vet hvordan det er å være en fremmed, da dere var fremmede i Egyptens land.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du skal ikke undertrykke en fremmed, for dere kjenner selv fremmedes hjerter, siden dere var fremmede i Egyptens land.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal ikke fortrykke den Fremmede; thi I selv kjende den Fremmedes Sjæl, thi I vare fremmede i Ægypti Land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skal ikke undertrykke en fremmed, for dere vet hvordan en fremmed føler seg, siden dere var fremmede i Egypts land.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du skal ikke undertrykke en fremmed, for dere kjenner selv hvordan det er å være fremmed, siden dere var fremmede i Egyptens land.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En fremmed skal du ikke undertrykke; dere vet hvordan det er å være fremmed, for dere har vært fremmede i Egypts land.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du skal ikke undertrykke en innflytter, for dere vet hvordan det er å være innflyttere, siden dere var innflyttere i Egypt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vær ikke harde mot mannen fra et fremmed land som bor blant dere, for dere har selv erfart hvordan det er å være langt fra sitt fødested, fordi dere selv bodde i Egypt, i et fremmed land.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt not oppresse a straunger, for I knowe the herte of straunger, because ye were straungers in Egipte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye shall not oppresse a straunger, for ye knowe the hert of straungers, for so moch as ye youre selues also haue bene straungers in the londe of Egipte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt not oppresse a straunger: for ye know the heart of a straunger, seyng ye were straungers in the lande of Egypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye -- ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Exod 22:21 : 21 You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Deut 10:19 : 19 Therefore love the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Deut 24:14-18 : 14 You 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: 15 You shall give him his wages on the same day, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge: 18 But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
• Exod 21:21 : 21 However, if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.
• Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
• Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
• Matt 18:33 : 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?
• Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.