Leviticus 25:43
Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- ne affligas eum per potentiam, sed metuito Deum tuum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οὐ κατατενεῖς αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ μόχθῳ, καὶ φοβηθήσῃ Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לֹא תִרְדֶּ֥ה ב֖וֹ בְּפָ֑רֶךְ וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
Haydock's commentary
Might. Hebrew, "rigour or haughtiness." Septuagint, "Do not make him strain himself with work."
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.