Exodus 21:8 “If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her…”

Exodus 21:8

If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

World English Bible

If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

American Standard Version

If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Geneva Bible 1599

If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.

Darby Translation

If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

Young's Literal Translation

if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

Bible in Basic English

If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

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Cross references

“please not”

Genesis 28:8 Judges 14:3 1 Samuel 8:6 1 Samuel 18:8

Genesis 28:8 · BSB

And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

Judges 14:3 · BSB

But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me,…

1 Samuel 8:6 · BSB

But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

1 Samuel 18:8 · BSB

And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

“who hath”

Deuteronomy 20:7 Deuteronomy 21:11–14

Deuteronomy 20:7 · BSB

Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”

Deuteronomy 21:11–14 · BSB

if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,

“seeing”

Exodus 8:29 Judges 9:19 Malachi 2:11–15 Job 6:15

Exodus 8:29 · BSB

“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to le…

Judges 9:19 · BSB

if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.

Malachi 2:11–15 · BSB

Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

Job 6:15 · BSB

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

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

In context

7And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

9And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

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