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Hebrew Servants

Exodus 21:3

In 11 translations

BSB
If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
KJV
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.by himself: Heb. with his body
WEB
If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
ASV
If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.
LSV
if he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife has gone out with him;
YLT
if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;
DBY
If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.
DRC
With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.
GNV
If he came himselfe alone, he shall goe out himselfe alone: if hee were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
JPS
If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.
LXXE
If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־בְּגַפּ֥וֹ יָבֹ֖א בְּגַפּ֣וֹ יֵצֵ֑א אִם־בַּ֤עַל אִשָּׁה֙ ה֔וּא וְיָצְאָ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐὰν αὐτὸς μόνος εἰσέλθῃ, καὶ μόνος ἐξελεύσεται· ἐὰν δὲ γυνὴ συνεισέλθῃ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐξελεύσεται καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 15:12–14If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. You are to furnish him…

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