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Deuteronomy 15:13
And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
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Christian Standard Bible®
When you set him free, do not send him away empty-handed.
When you set him free, do not send him away empty-handed.
Hebrew Names Version
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
King James Version
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Lexham English Bible
And when you send him out free from you, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
And when you send him out free from you, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
English Standard Version
And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed.
And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed.
New Century Version
When you let slaves go, don't send them away without anything.
When you let slaves go, don't send them away without anything.
New English Translation
If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.
If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.
Amplified Bible
"When you set him free, you shall not let him go away empty-handed.
"When you set him free, you shall not let him go away empty-handed.
New American Standard Bible
"And when you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
"And when you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,
Legacy Standard Bible
When you let him go to be free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed.
When you let him go to be free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed.
Contemporary English Version
And don't just tell them they are free to leave—
And don't just tell them they are free to leave—
Complete Jewish Bible
Moreover, when you set him free, don't let him leave empty-handed;
Moreover, when you set him free, don't let him leave empty-handed;
Darby Translation
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;
Easy-to-Read Version
But when you let your slave go free, don't send him away with nothing.
But when you let your slave go free, don't send him away with nothing.
George Lamsa Translation
And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;
And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;
Good News Translation
When you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed.
When you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed.
Literal Translation
And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty.
And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wha thou deliuerest him fre, thou shalt not let him go from the emptye,
And wha thou deliuerest him fre, thou shalt not let him go from the emptye,
American Standard Version
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
Bible in Basic English
And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:
And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when thou sendest hym out free from thee, thou shalt not let hym go away emptie:
And when thou sendest hym out free from thee, thou shalt not let hym go away emptie:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty;
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty;
King James Version (1611)
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away emptie:
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away emptie:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when thou shalt send him out free from thee, thou shalt not send him out empty.
And when thou shalt send him out free from thee, thou shalt not send him out empty.
English Revised Version
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
Berean Standard Bible
And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.
And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt not suffre hym go awey voide, to whom thou hast yyue fredom;
And thou schalt not suffre hym go awey voide, to whom thou hast yyue fredom;
Young's Literal Translation
And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
Webster's Bible Translation
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him depart empty:
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him depart empty:
World English Bible
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
New King James Version
And when you send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;
And when you send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;
New Living Translation
"When you release a male servant, do not send him away empty-handed.
"When you release a male servant, do not send him away empty-handed.
New Life Bible
When you set him free, do not send him away with nothing.
When you set him free, do not send him away with nothing.
New Revised Standard
And when you send a male slave out from you a free person, you shall not send him out empty-handed.
And when you send a male slave out from you a free person, you shall not send him out empty-handed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out empty:
and when thou lettest him go out free, from thee, thou shalt not let him go out empty:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Revised Standard Version
And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed;
And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
Contextual Overview
12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 13 And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty: 14 you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing-floor, and out of your wine press; as Yahweh your God has blessed you you shall give to him. 15 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today. 16 And it shall be, if he says to you, I will not go out from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you; 17 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your slave forever. And also to your female slave you shall do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the wages of a hired worker he has served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
This is a most humane and merciful addition to the law in Exodus 21:2-11, enforced upon the Israelites by the consideration of their Egyptian bondage. As a faithful servant has made no property for himself while honestly serving his master, so now, when he quits his service, he has nothing to begin the world with except what the kindness of his master may bestow upon him as a remuneration for his zeal and fidelity. Though what was to be bestowed upon servants is not fixed, yet they were to be liberally supplied - Deuteronomy 15:14. Genesis 31:42, Exodus 3:21, Leviticus 25:42-44, Proverbs 3:27, Proverbs 3:28, Jeremiah 22:13, Malachi 3:5, Colossians 4:1
Cross-References
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, Don't be afraid, Abram: I am your shield, [and] your exceeding great reward.
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, Don't be afraid, Abram: I am your shield, [and] your exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, O Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the son of the inheritance of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, O Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the son of the inheritance of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
And he believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, I am Yahweh that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.
And he said to him, I am Yahweh that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.
Genesis 15:8
And he said, O Lord Yahweh, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
And he said, O Lord Yahweh, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis 15:11
And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, look, a dread, dark and enormous, fell on him.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, look, a dread, dark and enormous, fell on him.
Genesis 15:13
And he said to Abram, Know for certain that your seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
And he said to Abram, Know for certain that your seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 17:8
And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Exodus 1:11
Therefore they set over them slave masters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Therefore they set over them slave masters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when thou sendest him out free from thee,.... When he discharged him from his servitude, and made him a free man:
thou shall not let him go away empty; without anything to support himself, or to put himself in a way of business; he having in the time of his servitude worked entirely for his master, and so could not have got and saved anything for himself.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 15:13. Thou shalt not let him go away empty — Because during the time he served thee, he made no property for himself, having been always honest towards thee; and now when he leaves thee, he has nothing to begin the world with.
