Leviticus 19:13
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשַׁק
ʻâshaq
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
גָּזַל
gâzal
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →Cross References
Behold, 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...
And 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...
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Woe 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;
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Thou 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.
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Thus 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, ne...
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
That 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.
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
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