Exodus 21:5

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

Exodus 21:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
ESV
5 But if the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'
NLT
5 But the slave may declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I don’t want to go free.’
MSG
5 But suppose the slave should say, 'I love my master and my wife and children - I don't want my freedom,'
CSB
5 "But if the slave declares: 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to leave as a free man,'

Exodus 21:5 In-Context

3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him.
4 If 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.
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’
6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
7 “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 15:16
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