Exodus 21:2
What does Exodus 21:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 21:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant--six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee; in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
- Genesis 27:28
And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine:
- Exodus 12:44
but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
- Deuteronomy 31:10
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
- Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- Deuteronomy 15:12
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
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