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Exodus 21:7
And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
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Hebrew Names Version
"If a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
"If a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
King James Version
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Lexham English Bible
"‘And if a man sells his daughter as a slave woman, she will not go out as male slaves go out.
"‘And if a man sells his daughter as a slave woman, she will not go out as male slaves go out.
New Century Version
"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, the rules for setting her free are different from the rules for setting the male slaves free.
"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, the rules for setting her free are different from the rules for setting the male slaves free.
New English Translation
"If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.
"If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.
Amplified Bible
"If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go free [after six years] as male servants do.
"If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go free [after six years] as male servants do.
New American Standard Bible
"Now if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.
"Now if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shal not goe out as the men seruantes doe.
Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shal not goe out as the men seruantes doe.
Legacy Standard Bible
"And if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.
"And if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.
Contemporary English Version
A young woman who was sold by her father doesn't gain her freedom in the same way that a man does.
A young woman who was sold by her father doesn't gain her freedom in the same way that a man does.
Complete Jewish Bible
"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to go free like the men-slaves.
"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to go free like the men-slaves.
Darby Translation
And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
Easy-to-Read Version
"A man might decide to sell his daughter as a slave. If this happens, the rules for making her free are not the same as the rules for making the men slaves free.
"A man might decide to sell his daughter as a slave. If this happens, the rules for making her free are not the same as the rules for making the men slaves free.
English Standard Version
"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
George Lamsa Translation
And when a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out free as the menservants do.
And when a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out free as the menservants do.
Good News Translation
"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be set free, as male slaves are.
"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be set free, as male slaves are.
Christian Standard Bible®
“When a man sells his daughter as a concubine, she is not to leave as the male slaves do.
“When a man sells his daughter as a concubine, she is not to leave as the male slaves do.
Literal Translation
And when a man sells his daughter for a slave-girl, she shall not go out as the male slaves go out.
And when a man sells his daughter for a slave-girl, she shall not go out as the male slaves go out.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a man sell his doughter to be an handmayde, then shal she not go out as the menseruauntes.
Yf a man sell his doughter to be an handmayde, then shal she not go out as the menseruauntes.
American Standard Version
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
King James Version (1611)
And if a man sell his daughter to be a mayd seruant, shee shall not goe out as the men seruants doe.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a mayd seruant, shee shall not goe out as the men seruants doe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maid-servants depart.
And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maid-servants depart.
English Revised Version
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Berean Standard Bible
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If ony man sillith his douyter in to seruauntesse, sche schal not go out as handmaidis weren wont to go out;
If ony man sillith his douyter in to seruauntesse, sche schal not go out as handmaidis weren wont to go out;
Young's Literal Translation
`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;
`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;
Update Bible Version
And if a man sells his daughter to be a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
And if a man sells his daughter to be a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if a man shall sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not depart as the men-servants do.
And if a man shall sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not depart as the men-servants do.
World English Bible
"If a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
"If a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
New King James Version
"And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
"And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
New Living Translation
"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.
"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.
New Life Bible
"If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she is not to go free as the male servants do.
"If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she is not to go free as the male servants do.
New Revised Standard
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And when a man shall sell iris daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,
And when a man shall sell iris daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,
Douay-Rheims Bible
If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.
If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.
Revised Standard Version
"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
THE MESSAGE
"When a man sells his daughter to be a handmaid, she doesn't go free after six years like the men. If she doesn't please her master, her family must buy her back; her master doesn't have the right to sell her to foreigners since he broke his word to her. If he turns her over to his son, he has to treat her like a daughter. If he marries another woman, she retains all her full rights to meals, clothing, and marital relations. If he won't do any of these three things for her, she goes free, for nothing.
"When a man sells his daughter to be a handmaid, she doesn't go free after six years like the men. If she doesn't please her master, her family must buy her back; her master doesn't have the right to sell her to foreigners since he broke his word to her. If he turns her over to his son, he has to treat her like a daughter. If he marries another woman, she retains all her full rights to meals, clothing, and marital relations. If he won't do any of these three things for her, she goes free, for nothing.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.
"If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.
Contextual Overview
1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them. 2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment. 3 If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself. 5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free: 6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever. 7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do. 8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her. 9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter. 10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sell: Nehemiah 5:5
go out: Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:15 - sold us Deuteronomy 21:14 - thou shalt Isaiah 50:1 - or which
Cross-References
Genesis 21:11
And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
Genesis 21:12
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
Genesis 21:32
So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 21:34
And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
Numbers 23:23
No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!
No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!
Psalms 86:8
There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works.
There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works.
Psalms 86:10
For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.
For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.
Isaiah 49:21
Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?
Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?
Isaiah 66:8
When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away.
When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away.
Ephesians 3:10
So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant,.... That is, if an Israelite, as the Targum of Jonathan, sells his little daughter, as the same Targum, and so Jarchi and Aben Ezra, one that is under age, that is not arrived to the age of twelve years and a day, and this through poverty; he not being able to support himself and his family, puts his daughter out to service, or rather sells her to be a servant:
she shall not go out as the menservants do; that are sold, before described; or rather, according to the Targum,
"as the Canaanitish servants go out, who are made free, because of a tooth, or an eye, (the loss of them,
Exodus 21:26) but in the years of release, and with the signs (of puberty), and in the jubilee, and at the death of their masters, with redemption of silver,''
so Jarchi.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A man might, in accordance with existing custom, sell his daughter to another man with a view to her becoming an inferior wife, or concubine. In this case, she was not “to go out,” like the bondman; that is, she was not to be dismissed at the end of the sixth year. But women who were bound in any other way, would appear to have been under the same conditions as bondmen. See Deuteronomy 15:17.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 21:7. If a man sell his daughter — This the Jews allowed no man to do but in extreme distress - when he had no goods, either movable or immovable left, even to the clothes on his back; and he had this permission only while she was unmarriageable. It may appear at first view strange that such a law should have been given; but let it be remembered, that this servitude could extend, at the utmost, only to six years; and that it was nearly the same as in some cases of apprenticeship among us, where the parents bind the child for seven years, and have from the master so much per week during that period.
