EXO 21:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) If the man who bought her wanted her to become his slave-wife, but later he isn’t pleased with her behaviour, he must allow her to be bought back by her relatives. He has no authority to sell her on to outsiders, because that would break the understanding of proper treatment of her.

21:8 Variant note: לא: (x-qere) ’ל֥/וֹ’: lemma_l morph_HR/Sp3ms id_023Mv ל֥/וֹ

Key: yellow:verbs.
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).

ULT If she is bad in the eyes of her master, who has appointed her for himself, then he shall cause her to be ransomed. He has no authority to sell her to a foreign people, since he has acted treacherously with her.

UST If the man who bought her wanted her to be his concubine, but later he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that was not what he and the girl’s father agreed to.

BSB If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself,[fn] he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

21:8 Or so that he does not designate her for himself

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEB If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

NET If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.

LSV if [it is] evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he has not betrothed her, then he has let her be ransomed; he has no power to sell her to a strange people, in his dealing treacherously with her.

FBV If the man who chose her for himself[fn] is not pleased with her, he must let her be bought back. He is not permitted to sell her to foreigners, since he has been unfair to her.

21:8 “Chose her for himself”: probably meaning she was a concubine.

T4T If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if later he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement he made with the girl’s father.

LEB If she does not please her master[fn] who selected her, he will allow her to be redeemed; he has no authority to sell her to foreign people, since he has dealt treacherously with her.

?:? Literally “bad in the eyes of her master”

BBE If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

MOF No MOF EXO book available

JPS If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

ASV If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

DRA If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.

YLT if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

DBY If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

RV If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

WBS If she shall not please her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

KJB If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.[fn]
(If she please not her master, who hath/has betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath/has dealt deceitfully with her.)

21.8 please…: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc

BB If she please not her maister, who hath nowe promised her mariage, then shall he let her redeeme her selfe: To sell her vnto a straunge nation shall he haue no power, seyng he despised her.
(If she please not her master, who hath/has now promised her marriage, then shall he let her redeeme herself: To sell her unto a strange nation shall he have no power, seeing he despised her.)

GNV If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.
(If she please not her master, who hath/has betrothed her to himself, then shall he cause to buy her: he shall have no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her. )

CB But yf she please not hir master, and he haue not maried her, then shal he let her go fre: but to sell her vnto a strauge people he hath no auctorite, for so moch as he hath despysed her.
(But if she please not her master, and he have not married her, then shall he let her go fre: but to sell her unto a strauge people he hath/has no authority, for so much as he hath/has despised her.)

WYC if sche displesith in the iyen of hir lord, to whom sche was bitakun, he schal delyuere hir; sotheli he schal not haue power to sille hir to an alien puple, if he forsakith hir.
(if she displesith in the iyen of her lord, to whom she was bitakun, he shall delyuere her; truly he shall not have power to sille her to an alien people, if he forsakith her.)

LUT Gefällt sie aber ihrem Herrn nicht und will ihr nicht zur Ehe helfen, so soll er sie zu lösen geben. Aber unter ein fremd Volk sie zu verkaufen, hat er nicht Macht, weil er sie verschmähet hat.
(Gefällt they/she/them but ihrem Herrn not and will her not zur Ehe helfen, so should he they/she/them to lösen geben. But under a fremd people they/she/them to verkaufen, has he not Macht, weil he they/she/them verschmähet hat.)

CLV Si displicuerit oculis domini sui cui tradita fuerat, dimittet eam: populo autem alieno vendendi non habebit potestatem, si spreverit eam.
(When/But_if displicuerit oculis domini sui cui tradita fuerat, dimittet eam: populo however alieno vendendi not/no habebit potestatem, when/but_if spreverit eam. )

BRN If she be not pleasing to her master, [fn]after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

21:8 Gr. who has.

BrLXX Ἐὰν μὴ εὐαρεστήσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῆς, ἣ αὐτῷ καθωμολογήσατο, ἀπολυτρώσει αὐτήν· ἔθνει δὲ ἀλλοτρίῳ οὐ κύριός ἐστι πωλεῖν αὐτὴν, ὅτι ἠθέτησεν ἐν αὐτῇ.
(Ean maʸ euarestaʸsaʸ tōi kuriōi autaʸs, haʸ autōi kathōmologaʸsato, apolutrōsei autaʸn; ethnei de allotriōi ou kurios esti pōlein autaʸn, hoti aʸthetaʸsen en autaʸ. )

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