Exodus 21:11

Contemporary English Version

If he fails to do any of these things, she must be given her freedom without cost.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

King James Version
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

Lexham English Bible
And if he does not do for her these three, she shall go out for nothing; there will not be silver paid for her.

New Century Version
If he does not give her these three things, she may go free, and she owes him no money.

New English Translation
If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.

Amplified Bible
"If he does not do these three things for her, then shall she leave free, without payment of money.

New American Standard Bible
"But if he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go free for nothing, without payment of money.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.

Legacy Standard Bible
And if he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

Complete Jewish Bible
If he fails to provide her with these three things, she is to be given her freedom without having to pay anything.

Darby Translation
And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

Easy-to-Read Version
The man must do these three things for her. If he does not, the woman is made free, and it will cost her nothing. She owes no money to the man.

English Standard Version
And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

George Lamsa Translation
And if be does not these three things to her, then she shall go out free without price.

Good News Translation
If he does not fulfill these duties to her, he must set her free and not receive any payment.

Christian Standard Bible®
And if he does not do these three things for her, she may leave free of charge, without any payment.

Literal Translation
And if he does not do these three for her, she shall go out for nothing, without silver.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf he do not these thre, then shal she go out fre, and paye nothinge.

American Standard Version
And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

Bible in Basic English
And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if he do not these three vnto her, the shal she go out free & pay no money.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

King James Version (1611)
And if he doe not these three vnto her, then shall she goe out free without money.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.

English Revised Version
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

Berean Standard Bible
If, however, he does not provide her these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If he doith not these thre, sche schal go out freli without money.

Young's Literal Translation
and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

Update Bible Version
And if he does not do these three things to her, then she shall go out for nothing, without money.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if he shall not perform these three to her, then shall she depart free without money.

World English Bible
If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

New King James Version
And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

New Living Translation
If he fails in any of these three obligations, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment.

New Life Bible
And if he will not do these three things for her, then she may go free, without paying any money.

New Revised Standard
And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out without debt, without payment of money.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If he do not these three things, she shall go out free without money.

Revised Standard Version
And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord gave Moses the following laws for his people: ² If you buy a Hebrew slave, he must remain your slave for six years. But in the seventh year you must set him free, without cost to him. ³ If he was single at the time you bought him, he alone must be set free. But if he was married at the time, both he and his wife must be given their freedom. ⁴ If you give him a wife, and they have children, only the man himself must be set free; his wife and children remain the property of his owner. ⁵ But suppose the slave loves his wife and children so much that he won't leave without them. ⁶ Then he must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship, while his owner punches a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life. ⁷ A young woman who was sold by her father doesn't gain her freedom in the same way that a man does. ⁸ If she doesn't please the man who bought her to be his wife, he must let her be bought back. He cannot sell her to foreigners; this would break the contract he made with her. ⁹ If he selects her as a wife for his son, he must treat her as his own daughter. ¹⁰ If the man later marries another woman, he must continue to provide food and clothing for the one he bought and to treat her as a wife.

Bible Verse Review
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Exodus 21:2

Cross-References

Genesis 17:18
Then he asked God, "Why not let Ishmael inherit what you have promised me?"

Genesis 21:1
The Lord was good to Sarah and kept his promise.

Genesis 21:2
Although Abraham was very old, Sarah had a son exactly at the time God had said.

2 Samuel 18:33
David started trembling. Then he went up to the room above the city gate to cry. As he went, he kept saying, "My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I could have died instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!"

Matthew 10:37
If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples.

Hebrews 12:11
It is never fun to be corrected. In fact, at the time it is always painful. But if we learn to obey by being corrected, we will do right and live at peace.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if he do not these three unto her,.... Not the three things last mentioned; though this sense, Aben Ezra says, many of their interpreters give, which is rejected by him, so do some Christian expositors; but these three things are, espousing her to himself, or to his son, or redeeming her by the hand of her father; that is, letting her be redeemed by him, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Ben Melech: the meaning is, if one or other of these things are not done,

then shall she go out free without money; be dismissed from her servitude, and not obliged to pay anything for her freedom; the Targum of Jonathan adds, he shall give her a bill of divorce; that is, the son to whom she had been betrothed, and another wife taken by him, and she denied the above things; which favours the first sense.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If he do not these three unto her - The words express a choice of one of three things. The man was to give the woman, whom he had purchased from her father, her freedom, unless

(i) he caused her to be redeemed by a Hebrew master Exodus 21:8; or,

(ii) gave her to his son, and treated her as a daughter Exodus 21:9; or,

(iii) in the event of his taking another wife Exodus 21:10, unless he allowed her to retain her place and privileges.

These rules Exodus 21:7-11 are to be regarded as mitigations of the then existing usages of concubinage.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 21:11. These three —

1. Her food, שארה sheerah, her flesh, for she must not, like a common slave, be fed merely on vegetables.

2. Her raiment - her private wardrobe, with all occasional necessary additions. And,

3. The marriage debt - a due proportion of the husband's time and company.