Exodus 21:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ “But maybe the slave will decide that he wants to stay with the master. Then he must say, ‘I love my master. I love my wife and my children. I will not become free—I will stay.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go free,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Common English Bible

⁵ However, if the slave clearly states, “I love my master, my wife, and my children, and I don’t want to go free,”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And if the servant will say, 'I love my lord, and my wife and children, I will not depart freely,'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:

Exodus 21:5 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 21:4

If the slave is not married, the master can give him a wife. If that wife gives birth to sons or daughters, then she and her children will belong to the master. After the slave is finished with his years of service, then he will be made free.

Exodus 21:6

If this happens, then the master will bring the slave before God. The master will take the slave to a door or the wooden frame around the door. And the master will make a hole through the slave’s ear using a sharp tool. Then the slave will serve that master for all his life.

Isaiah 26:13

Lord, you are our God.\par But in the past, we followed other lords. {\cf2\super [242]} \par We belonged to other masters.\par But now we want people to remember only one name, your name!\par