Leviticus 25:17

17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:17 in Other Translations

17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

17 You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God.

17 Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the LORD your God.

17 Don't cheat each other. Fear your God. I am God, your God.

17 And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

17 Never take advantage of each other. Fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

17 You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.

17 Do not take advantage of each other. Instead, have respect for me. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:17 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:17

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another
By over or underrating estates: but thou shalt fear thy God;
and the fear of God being before their eyes, and on their hearts, would preserve both buyer and seller from doing an ill thing, when it was in the power of either, through the necessity of the one, or the ignorance of the other, see ( Nehemiah 5:15 ) : for I [am] the Lord your God;
omniscient, and knows all that is done in the most private and artful manner; and omnipotent and able to punish both, which of them either should oppress or defraud, see ( 1 Thessalonians 4:6 ) .

Leviticus 25:17 In-Context

15 You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops.

16 When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price, because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops.

17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God.

18 “ ‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.

19 Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 19:13; Job 31:16; Proverbs 22:22; Jeremiah 7:5,6; Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 22:3,15; Zechariah 7:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 4:6
• 2. S Leviticus 19:14
• 3. S Leviticus 19:32