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OET (OET-RV) If he go on to take another slave-wife, he mustn’t reduce the first one’s food or clothing, or her marital rights,
OET-LV If another_woman he_will_take to_him/it food_of_her clothing_of_her and_marital_rights_of_her not he_will_reduce.
UHB אִם־אַחֶ֖רֶת יִֽקַּֽח־ל֑וֹ שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ כְּסוּתָ֥הּ וְעֹנָתָ֖הּ לֹ֥א יִגְרָֽע׃ ‡
(ʼim-ʼaḩeret yiqqaḩ-lō shəʼērāh kəşūtāh vəˊonātāh loʼ yigrāˊ.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Ἐὰν δὲ ἄλλην λάβῃ ἑαυτῷ, τὰ δέοντα καὶ τὸν ἱματισμὸν καὶ τὴν ὁμιλίαν αὐτῆς οὐκ ἀποστερήσει.
(Ean de allaʸn labaʸ heautōi, ta deonta kai ton himatismon kai taʸn homilian autaʸs ouk aposteraʸsei. )
BrTr And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship with him.
ULT If he takes another to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
UST If the master marries another woman, he must continue to give the first woman the same amount of food, clothing, and sexual attention that he gave to her before.
BSB If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights [of his first wife].
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB No OEB EXO book available
WEBBE If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
LSV If he takes another [woman] for him, he does not withdraw her food, her covering, and her habitation;
FBV If he takes another woman, he must not reduce the food and clothing allowances and marital rights of the first.
T4T If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
LEB No LEB EXO book available
BBE And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
Moff No Moff EXO book available
JPS If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.
ASV If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
DRA And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.
YLT 'If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;
Drby If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.
RV If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
(If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment/clothing, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. )
SLT If he shall take to him another, her food and her covering and her cohabitation he shall not take away.
Wbstr If he shall take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish.
KJB-1769 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
(If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment/clothing, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. )
KJB-1611 If he take him another wife, her food, her rayment, and her duety of mariage shall he not diminish.
(If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment/clothing, and her duety of marriage shall he not diminish.)
Bshps No Bshps EXO book available
Gnva If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.
(If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her raiment/clothing, and recompense of her virginity. )
Cvdl No Cvdl EXO book available
Wycl No Wycl EXO book available
Luth No Luth EXO book available
ClVg Quod si alteram ei acceperit, providebit puellæ nuptias, et vestimenta, et pretium pudicitiæ non negabit.
(That when/but_if the_otherm to_him acceperit, providebit puellæ nuptias, and clothes, and price/ransom/value pudicitiæ not/no negabit. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT EXO book available
21:1-11 Slavery was a fact of life in the ancient world. In some cases, it was the only resort for those who were destitute. In much of the ancient world, people who were slaves felt that the gods had abandoned them. But the Lord cares about those who are in this helpless condition, so his covenant people must care also. Ultimately, the revelation that Jesus Christ had died for all people everywhere would make the practice of slavery untenable (Gal 3:28).
This verse and the next are the third of three possible situations between a master and his female slave.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ כְּסוּתָ֥הּ וְעֹנָתָ֖הּ לֹ֥א יִגְרָֽע
food_of,her clothing_of,her and,marital_rights_of,her not reduce
If this double negative would be misunderstood in your language, you could translate it as a positive statement. Alternate translation: [he must give the first wife the same food, clothing, and marital rights she had before]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
וְעֹנָתָ֖הּ
and,marital_rights_of,her
This term only occurs here in the Bible. It probably means things that a husband must do for his wife. Most commentators believe it specifically means having sexual relations with her, possibly so that she can bear children. Alternate translation: [or her right to intimacy] or [or her childbearing rights]