Exodus 21:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:”
Exodus 21:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 21:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 21:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’”
Exodus 21:5 — World English Bible
Exodus 21:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: ”
Exodus 21:5 — American Standard Version
Exodus 21:5 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;”
Exodus 21:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 21:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free; ”
Exodus 21:5 — Darby Translation
Exodus 21:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,”
Exodus 21:5 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 21:5 in Context — Exodus 21
3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
What Does Exodus 21:5 Mean?
Exodus 21:5 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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