Exodus 21:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 21:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
תִקְנֶה֙
qânâh
H7069
to acquire
עֶ֣בֶד
ʻebed
H5650
servant
עִבְרִ֔י
ʻIbrîy
H5680
Hebrew
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shêsh
H8337
six
שָׁנִ֖ים
shâneh
H8141
year
יַעֲבֹ֑ד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת
shᵉbîyʻîy
H7637
seventh
יֵצֵ֥א
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י
chophshîy
H2670
free
חִנָּֽם
chinnâm
H2600
freely
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
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King James Version Public Domain
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
‘If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve for six years, and in the seventh year he shall go free without paying anything.
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