Exodus 21:5
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 in other translations
| BSB | But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’ |
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| WEB | But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’ |
| ASV | But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: |
| YLT | ‘And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons--I do not go out free; |
| DARBY | But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free; |
| BBE | But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free: |
| Webster | And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not depart free: |
What does Exodus 21:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 21:2-6
2-6. If thou buy an Hebrew servant--Every Israelite was free-born; but slavery was permitted under certain restrictions. An Hebrew might be made a slave through poverty, debt, or crime; but at the end of six years he was entitled to freedom, and his wife, if she had voluntarily shared his state of bondage, also obtained release. Should he, however, have married a female slave, she and the children, after the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 21:1-11
The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his glory, by the transgression of his precepts…
Exodus 21:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 21:5
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
- Deuteronomy 15:16-17
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
- Isaiah 26:13
O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
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Context
- Exodus 21:4
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.
- Exodus 21:5
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
- Exodus 21:6
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.
Exodus 21:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo á mi señor, á mi mujer y á mis hijos, no saldré libre: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais si le serviteur dit positivement: J’aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants, je ne veux pas sortir libre; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn aber der Knecht etwa sagt: Ich liebe meinen Herrn, mein Weib und meine Kinder, ich will nicht frei ausgehen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod si dixerit servus: Diligo dominum meum et uxorem ac liberos; non egrediar liber: |