Exodus 21:5
What does Exodus 21:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 21:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons--I do not go out free;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;
Context
v.4If his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
v.5This passage
v.6then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 15:16
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;
- 2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
- Isaiah 26:13
O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
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