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God says don't scab (hexbear.net)
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‭Proverbs 30:10 NLT‬ [10] Never slander a worker to the employer, or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.

https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.30.10.NLT

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

One could argue that the class relation remains applicable

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm really just curious what a more historically accurate translation/context would be. Servants or slaves and their masters? apprentices/tradespeople?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh it was likely slave/master

You can see other translations in the link

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, according to the NRSV it was master/slave.

Do not slander a servant to a master, or the servant will curse you, and you will be held guilty.

I don't know Hebrew so I can't comment on its accuracy, but I do highly respect NRSV's accuracy of the Greek in the Christian Scriptures so I think it's probably a good modern translation.

My Jewish Study Bible with the Jewish Publication Society translation says

Do not inform on a slave to his master, Lest he curse you and you incur guilt.

The footnote says that "incur guilt" can be understood as "be punished".

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