Deuteronomy 15:16

In 11 translations

BSB

But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

KJV

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

WEB

It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you,

ASV

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

LSV

And it has been, when he says to you, I do not go out from you, because he has loved you and your house, because [it is] good for him with you,

YLT

'And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee — because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because [it is] good for him with thee —

DBY

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, — because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, —

DRC

But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

GNV

And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee and thine house, and because he is well with thee,

JPS

And it shall be, if he say unto thee: 'I will not go out from thee'; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he fareth well with thee;

LXXE

And if he should say to thee, I will not go out from thee, because he continues to love thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

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WLC

וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֣ר אֵלֶ֔יךָ לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙ וְאֶת־בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ כִּי־ט֥וֹב ל֖וֹ עִמָּֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν δὲ λέγῃ πρὸς σὲ, οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὅτι ἠγάπηκέ σε καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν σου, ὅτι εὖ ἐστιν αὐτῷ παρὰ σοί.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Exodus 21:5–6But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’ then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear…
• Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
• Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

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