Exodus 21:5

In 11 translations

BSB

But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

KJV

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:shall…: Heb. saying shall say

WEB

But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’

ASV

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

LSV

And if the servant really says: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out free,

YLT

'And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons — I do not go out free;

DBY

But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;

DRC

And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:

GNV

But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,

JPS

But if the servant shall plainly say: I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free;

LXXE

And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;Gr. do not run away.

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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

וְאִם־אָמֹ֤ר יֹאמַר֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד אָהַ֨בְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֔י אֶת־אִשְׁתִּ֖י וְאֶת־בָּנָ֑י לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א חָפְשִֽׁי׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἴπῃ ὁ παῖς, ἠγάπηκα τὸν κύριόν μου, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ τὰ παιδία, οὐκ ἀποτρέχω ἐλεύθερος·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 15:16–17But 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, then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your…
• 2 Corinthians 5:14–15For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was…
• Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.

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