Passage

Leviticus 19.36

Book: Leviticus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"34. The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. 35. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity."

"36. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt."

"37. And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah." (Leviticus 19:34-37, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"34. The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God. 35. “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity."

"36. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt."

"37. “‘You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”" (Leviticus 19:34-37, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"34. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 35. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure."

"36. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. ^{weights: Heb. stones}"

"37. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD." (Leviticus 19:34-37, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"34. as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I [am] Jehovah your God. 35. 'Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;"

"36. righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;"

"37. and ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah.'" (Leviticus 19:34-37, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H6664 - tzedeq

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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