Leviticus 19:13

Leviticus 19:13 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “ ‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.

Context of Leviticus 19:13

11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord. 15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:13 word by word

לֹֽא־תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אֶת־רֵֽעֲךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א תִגְזֹ֑ל לֹֽא־תָלִ֞ין פְּעֻלַּ֥ת שָׂכִ֛יר אִתְּךָ֖ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear

• Thou shalt not defraudעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
• thy neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• neither robגָּזַלgâzal · to plunderH1497
• the wagesפְּעֻלָּהpe‛ûllâh · wagesH6468
• of him that is hiredשָׂכִירώâkîyr · hiredH7916
• shall not abideלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• with thee all night until the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:13

• Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
• Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
• Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
• Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
• Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
• Luke 3:13And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
• Deuteronomy 24:14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
• Job 31:39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
• Jeremiah 22:13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
• Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
• James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The wages - shall not abide with thee all night - For this plain reason, it is the support of the man's life and family, and they need to expend it as fast as it is earned.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-13Verses 11-13 Leviticus 19:11 forbids injuries perpetrated by craft; Leviticus 19:13, those perpetrated by violence or power, the conversion of might into right. In Leviticus 19:13 “defraud” should rather be, oppress.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Day laborers did not own land and were among the poorest in Israel. These workers relied on landowners for their income. A hired hand needed to receive his wages promptly to feed his family (Deuteronomy 24:15). This verse considers withholding their wages as cheating them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1611-16. Ye shall not steal--A variety of social duties are inculcated in this passage, chiefly in reference to common and little-thought-of vices to which mankind are exceedingly prone; such as committing petty frauds, or not scrupling to violate truth in transactions of business, ridiculing bodily infirmities, or circulating stories to the prejudice of others. In opposition to these bad habits, a spirit of humanity and brotherly kindness is strongly…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:13

• Dishonesty
• Employee
• Employer
• Justice
• Labor
• Master
• Neighbor
• Quotations and Allusions
• Robbery
• Servant
• Theft and Thieves
• Wages

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• Deal
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• Hireling
• Husband
• Mar
• Poor
• Prostitute

Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings