Exodus 21:10
What does Exodus 21:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 21:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`If another <FI>woman<Fi> he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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