Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Exodus 21:7

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.

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

Read the whole chapter

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
KJV
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
WEB
“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
ASV
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
DARBY
And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
BLB
And if a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the manservants go out.
ÅB
Når noen selger sin datter til slavekvinne, da skal hun ikke gis fri som slavene.
OTB
«Hvis en mann selger sin datter som tjenestepike, skal hun ikke gå fri som mannlige tjenere gjør.
B1930
Når nogen selger sin datter til trælkvinne, da skal hun ikke gis fri som trælene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nehemiah 5:5

    Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

    Read in context

  • Exodus 21:2–3

    If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

    Read in context