And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.

As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; his master shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.

As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.

And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

his wages being charged by what served before. He shall not afflict him violently in your sight.

Tanquam mercenarius annuus erit cum illo: non dominabitur ei dure in oculis tuis.

[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy (y) sight.
(y) You shall not allow him to treat him severely, if you know it.

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him,.... Being redeemable every year, and upon his redemption might quit his master's service, as an hireling may; and the price of his redemption to be valued according to the years he served, and as if he had been hired for so much a year; as well as he was to be treated in a kind and gentle manner, not as a bondman, but as if he was an hired servant, as follows:
and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight; the person he is sold unto, his master, a sojourner or stranger, he might not use an Hebrew he had bought with any severity; for if an Hebrew master might not use an Hebrew servant with rigour, it was not by any means to be admitted in the commonwealth of Israel for a proselyte to use one in such a manner, and that openly, in the sight of an Israelite his neighbour; he looking on and not remonstrating against it, or acquainting the civil magistrate with it, who had it in his power to redress such a grievance, and ought to do it.

During the time of service the buyer was to keep him as a day-labourer year by year, i.e., as a labourer engaged for a term of years, and not rule over him with severe oppression. "In thine eyes," i.e., so that thou (the nation addressed) seest it.

In thy sight - Thou shalt not suffer this to be done, but whethe thou art a magistrate, or a private person, thou shalt take care according to thy capacity to get it remedied.