Exodus 22:28
“¶ Thou shalt not reuile the Gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.”
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Exodus 22:28 Context
26If thou at all take thy neighbors raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sun goeth downe. 27For that is his couering onely, it is his raiment for his skinne: wherein shal he sleepe? and it shal come to passe, when he crieth vnto mee, that I will heare: for I am gracious. 28¶ Thou shalt not reuile the Gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29¶ Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue vnto me. 30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall be with his damme, on the eight day thou shalt giue it me.
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Other Translations for Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
- King James Version
"You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
- American Standard Version (1901)
You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.
- Basic English Bible
Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.
- Darby Bible
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
- Webster's Bible
You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
- World English Bible
`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(22:27) Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Exodus 22:28
22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods - That is, the judges and magistrates. Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth commandment obligeth us to honour, and forbids us to revile. St. Paul applies this law to himself, and owns that he ought not to speak evil of the ruler of his people, no, not though he was then his most unrighteous persecutor, #Acts 23:5|.