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OET (OET-RV) If you buy a Hebrew slave, he should serve for six years, then in the seventh year he must be set free without having to pay you anything.
OET-LV If/because you_will_buy a_slave Hebrew six years he_will_serve and_in/on/at/with_seventh he_will_go_out as_a_free without_paying.
UHB כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י חִנָּֽם׃ ‡
(kiy tiqneh ˊeⱱed ˊiⱱriy shēsh shānim yaˊₐⱱod ūⱱashshəⱱiˊit yēʦēʼ laḩāfəshiy ḩinnām.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ἐὰν κτήσῃ παῖδα Ἐβραῖον, ἓξ ἔτη δουλεύσει σοι· τῷ δὲ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει ἀπελεύσεται ἐλεύθερος δωρεάν.
(Ean ktaʸsaʸ paida Ebraion, hex etaʸ douleusei soi; tōi de hebdomōi etei apeleusetai eleutheros dōrean. )
BrTr If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.
ULT ‘If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve for six years, and in the seventh year he shall go free without paying anything.
UST When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for only six years. In the seventh year you must free him from being your slave, and he does not have to pay you anything for setting him free.
BSB § If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
OEB No OEB EXO book available
WEBBE “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.
LSV When you buy a Hebrew servant, he serves [for] six years, and in the seventh he goes out as a freeman for nothing;
FBV If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to work for you for six years. But in the seventh year, he is to be freed without having to pay anything.
T4T When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for only six years. In the seventh year you must free him from being your slave, and he is not required to pay you anything for setting him free.
LEB ‘If you buy a Hebrew slave, he will serve six years, and in the seventh he will go out as free for nothing.[fn]
21:2 Or “for no payment”
BBE 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.
Moff No Moff EXO book available
JPS If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
ASV If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
DRA If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
YLT 'When thou buyest a Hebrew servant — six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;
Drby If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
RV If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Wbstr If thou shalt buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall depart free for nothing.
KJB-1769 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
(If thou/you buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. )
KJB-1611 [fn]If thou buy an Hebrew seruant, sixe yeeres he shall serue, and in the seuenth he shall goe out free for nothing.
(If thou/you buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serue, and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.)
21:2 Leuit.25. 41. deut. 15 12. iere. 34. 14.
Bshps If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng.
(If thou/you bye a servant that is an Hebrue, six years he shall serue, and in the seventh, he shall go out free paying nothing.)
Gnva If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shall serue sixe yeres, and in the seuenth he shall go out free, for nothing.
(If thou/you bye an Ebrewe servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. )
Cvdl Yf thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, he shal serue the sixe yeares, in the seuenth yeare shall he go out fre and lowse.
(If thou/you bye a servant that is an Hebrue, he shall serve the six years, in the seventh year shall he go out free and lowse.)
Wycl If thou biest an Ebrew seruaunt, he schal serue thee sixe yeer; in the seuenthe yeer he schal go out fre,
(If thou/you biest an Ebrew servant, he shall serve thee/you six year; in the seventh year he shall go out fre,)
Luth So du einen ebräischen Knecht kaufest, der soll dir sechs Jahre dienen; im siebenten Jahr soll er frei ledig ausgehen.
(So you a ebräischen Knecht kaufest, the/of_the should you/to_you sechs years dienen; in_the siebenten Yahr should he frei ledig ausgehen.)
ClVg Si emeris servum hebræum, sex annis serviet tibi: in septimo egredietur liber gratis.
(When/But_if emeris servum hebræum, sex annis serviet tibi: in septimo egredietur liber gratis. )
21:2 A man might sell himself into slavery in order to get money to pay his debts. This law states that the man was never to become the permanent property of the master.
Here Yahweh begins telling Moses his laws for the people of Israel.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical
כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י
that/for/because/then/when buy slave Hebrew
This is the first of many hypothetical situations, introduced by “when” or if, which you will encounter over the next several chapters. See the introduction to chapter 21. You will need to translate these consistently in a manner that expresses that these situations have not happened.