Exodus 23:9
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
1616 [e]וְגֵ֖ר
wə-ḡêr
And a strangerConj-w | N-ms
3808 [e]לֹ֣א
notAdv-NegPrt
3905 [e]תִלְחָ֑ץ
ṯil-ḥāṣ;
you shall oppressV-Qal-Imperf-2ms
859 [e]וְאַתֶּ֗ם
wə-’at-tem,
for youConj-w | Pro-2mp
3045 [e]יְדַעְתֶּם֙
yə-ḏa‘-tem
knowV-Qal-Perf-2mp
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
5315 [e]נֶ֣פֶשׁ
ne-p̄eš
the heartN-fsc
1616 [e]הַגֵּ֔ר
hag-gêr,
of a strangerArt | N-ms
3588 [e]כִּֽי־
kî-
becauseConj
1616 [e]גֵרִ֥ים
ḡê-rîm
strangersN-mp
1961 [e]הֱיִיתֶ֖ם
hĕ-yî-ṯem
you wereV-Qal-Perf-2mp
776 [e]בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
bə-’e-reṣ
in the landPrep-b | N-fsc
4714 [e]מִצְרָֽיִם׃
miṣ-rā-yim.
of EgyptN-proper-fs





















Hebrew Texts
שמות 23:9 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְגֵ֖ר לֹ֣א תִלְחָ֑ץ וְאַתֶּ֗ם יְדַעְתֶּם֙ אֶת־נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַגֵּ֔ר כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

שמות 23:9 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
וגר לא תלחץ ואתם ידעתם את־נפש הגר כי־גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים׃

שמות 23:9 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
וגר לא תלחץ ואתם ידעתם את־נפש הגר כי־גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים׃

שמות 23:9 Hebrew Bible
וגר לא תלחץ ואתם ידעתם את נפש הגר כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You must not oppress a foreign resident; you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

thou shalt not

Exodus 21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: …

Deuteronomy 10:19 Love you therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:14-18 You shall not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether …

Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, …

Psalm 94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

Ezekiel 22:7 In you have they set light by father and mother: in the middle of …

ye know

Matthew 18:33 Should not you also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even …

Hebrews 2:17,18 Why in all things it behooved him to be made like to his brothers…

heart. Heb. soul

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