Exodus 21:5
Exodus chapter 21 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
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:
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.