25
Set your slave to work, and you will find rest; leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
26
Yoke and thong will bow the neck, and for a wicked servant there are racks and tortures.
27
Put him to work, that he may not be idle, for idleness teaches much evil.
28
Set him to work, as is fitting for him, and if he does not obey, make his fetters heavy.
29
Do not act immoderately toward anybody, and do nothing without discretion.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.