Parallel Verses
Amplified
“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
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King James Version
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Holman Bible
“When a man sells his daughter as a slave,
International Standard Version
"When a man sells his daughter as a servant, she won't go out as the male servants do.
A Conservative Version
And if a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
Julia Smith Translation
And if a man shall sell his daughter for a maid, she shall not go forth as the servants went forth.
King James 2000
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And if a man sells his daughter as a slave woman, she will not go out as male slaves go out.
Modern King James verseion
And if a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"If a man sell his daughter to be a servant: she shall not go out as the menservants do.
NET Bible
"If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.
New Heart English Bible
"If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
The 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,
Webster
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 female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
Youngs 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;
Themes
Children » Sold in marriage, law concerning
Daughter » Sold in concubinage
Divorce » Of servants, regulated by law
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » The master could marry, or give in marriage
Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting marriage with female
Interlinear
Bath
Yatsa'
References
Hastings
Smith
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Slaves
6 then his master shall bring him to God [that is, to the judges who act in God’s name], then he shall bring him to the door or doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl (strong needle); and he shall serve him for life. 7 “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go free [after six years] as male servants do. 8 If she does not please her master who has chosen her for himself [as a wife], he shall let her be redeemed [by her family]. He does not have the authority to sell her to a foreign people, because he has been unfair to her.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:5
Now our flesh (skin) is the same as that of our brothers (relatives), and our children are like their children, yet here we are forcing (selling) our sons and our daughters to be slaves; and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and
Exodus 21:2-3
“If you purchase a Hebrew servant [because of his debt or poverty], he shall serve six years, and in the seventh [year] he shall leave as a free man, paying nothing.