Deuteronomy 15:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ But if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But if the servant says to you, I will not go away from you, because he loves you and your household, since he does well with you,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Now if your male servant says to you: “I don’t want to leave your service” because he loves you and your family and because life is good for him in your service,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But if he will say, 'I am not willing to depart,' because he loves you and your household, and because he feels that it would be good for him to stay with you,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But if he say: I will not depart; because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee.

Deuteronomy 15:16 Cross References

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

Deuteronomy 15:15

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; for this reason I lay this command upon you today.

Deuteronomy 15:17

then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his earlobe into the door, and he shall be your slave forever. “You shall do the same with regard to your female slave.