Exodus 21:5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and childre…”

Exodus 21:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

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Cross references

“And if”

Isaiah 26:13 Deuteronomy 15:16 Deuteronomy 15:17 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 5:15

Isaiah 26:13 · BSB

O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.

Deuteronomy 15:16 · BSB

But 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,

Deuteronomy 15:17 · BSB

then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

2 Corinthians 5:14 · BSB

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

2 Corinthians 5:15 · BSB

And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.

6then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

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