Exodus 21:11

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.

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.

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

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 "These are the rulings you are to present to them: ² "If you purchase a Hebrew slave, he is to work six years; but in the seventh, he is to be given his freedom without having to pay anything. ³ If he came single, he is to leave single; if he was married when he came, his wife is to go with him when he leaves. ⁴ But if his master gave him a wife, and she bore him sons or daughters, then the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he will leave by himself. ⁵ Nevertheless, if the slave declares, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children, so I don't want to go free,' ⁶ then his master is to bring him before God; and there at the door or doorpost, his master is to pierce his ear with an awl; and the man will be his slave for life. ⁷ "If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to go free like the men-slaves. ⁸ If her master married her but decides she no longer pleases him, then he is to allow her to be redeemed. He is not allowed to sell her to a foreign people, because he has treated her unfairly. ⁹ If he has her marry his son, then he is to treat her like a daughter. ¹⁰ If he marries another wife, he is not to reduce her food, clothing or marital rights.

Bible Verse Review
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Exodus 21:2

Cross-References

Genesis 17:18
Avraham said to God, "If only Yishma‘el could live in your presence!"

Genesis 21:1
Adonai remembered Sarah as he had said, and Adonai did for Sarah what he had promised.

Genesis 21:2
Sarah conceived and bore Avraham a son in his old age, at the very time God had said to him.

2 Samuel 18:33
David took a census of the people who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds. Then David dispatched the people, a third of them under the command of Yo'av, a third under Avishai the son of Tz'ruyah, Yo'av's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gitti; and the king said to the people, "I will also go out with you, myself." But the people replied, "Don't go out; because if we flee, they won't care about us. Even if half of us die, they won't care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; so it is better now that you stay in the city and be ready if we need help." The king answered them, "I will do whatever you think best." So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. The king gave orders to Yo'av, Avishai and Ittai, "For my sake, deal gently with young Avshalom." All the people were listening when the king gave all the commanders this order concerning Avshalom. So the people went out into the field against Isra'el; the battle took place in the forest of Efrayim. The people of Isra'el were defeated there by David's servants; there was a terrible slaughter that day of 20,000 men. For the battle there was spread all over the countryside; the forest devoured more people that day than did the sword. Avshalom happened to meet some of David's servants. Avshalom was riding his mule, and as the mule walked under the thick branches of a big terebinth tree, his head got caught in the terebinth, so that he was left hanging between earth and sky, as the mule went on from under him. Someone saw it and told Yo'av, "I saw Avshalom hanging in a terebinth." Yo'av asked the man who told him, "Here now, you saw it; so why didn't you strike him to the ground then and there? I would have had to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt besides." The man replied to Yo'av, "Even if I were to get a thousand pieces of silver, I still wouldn't raise my hand against the son of the king! After all, while we were listening, the king ordered you, Avishai and Ittai, ‘Be careful that no one touches young Avshalom.' Or, if I had pretended that I didn't know, the king would have known otherwise anyway; and you wouldn't have interceded for me either." Yo'av said, "I can't waste time arguing with you!" He took three darts in his hand and rammed them through Avshalom's heart while he was still alive, hanging from the terebinth. Then Yo'av's ten young armor-bearers surrounded Avshalom, struck him and killed him. Yo'av sounded the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing Isra'el, because Yo'av held back the troops. They took Avshalom and threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled a big heap of stones over him. All Isra'el fled, each one to his tent. In his own lifetime Avshalom had taken and raised for himself the pillar which stands in the King's Valley; because he said, "I don't have a son to preserve the memory of my name." So he named the pillar after himself, and it's called Avshalom's Monument to this day. Then Achima‘atz the son of Tzadok said, "Let me run now and bring news to the king that Adonai has judged in his favor by releasing him from his enemies." Yo'av said to him, "You are not to be the one to bring the news today; you can convey news another day; but today you will not bring news, because the king's son is dead." Then Yo'av said to the Ethiopian, "Go, tell the king what you saw." The Ethiopian bowed to Yo'av, then ran off. But Achima‘atz the son of Tzadok said again to Yo'av, "Come what may, please let me also run after the Ethiopian." Yo'av answered, "Why do you want to run, my son? You won't receive any reward for bringing the news." "I don't care — whatever happens, I want to run." So he said to him, "Run." Then Achima‘atz ran by the road through the desert flats and outran the Ethiopian. David was sitting between the two gates. A watchman went up to the roof of the gate and out onto the wall, raised his eyes, looked, and saw there a man running by himself. The watchman cried out and told the king. The king said, "If he's alone, he has good news to tell." As he ran along and came close, the watchman saw another man running and called to the gatekeeper, "There's another man running by himself." The king said, "He too must have good news." The watchman said, "The first one runs like Achima‘atz the son of Tzadok." The king said, "He's a good man, he comes with good news." Achima‘atz called to the king, "Shalom," prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Blessed be Adonai your God, who has handed over the men who rebelled against my lord the king." The king asked, "Is everything all right with young Avshalom?" Achima‘atz answered, "When Yo'av sent the king's servant and me your servant, I saw a big commotion; but I didn't know what it was." The king said, "Go, and stand over there." So he went and stood there. Then up came the Ethiopian, and the Ethiopian said, "There's good news for my lord the king, for Adonai has judged in your favor and rid you of all those who rebelled against you." The king asked the Ethiopian, "Is everything all right with young Avshalom?" The Ethiopian answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rebel against you in order to harm you be as that young man is."

Matthew 10:37
Whoever loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not worthy of me.

Hebrews 12:11
Now, all discipline , while it is happening, does indeed seem painful, not enjoyable; but for those who have been trained by it, it later produces its peaceful fruit, which is righteousness.

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.