Exodus 21:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 21:5 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 →
וְאִם
ʼim
H518
if
אָמֹ֤ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יֹאמַר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הָעֶ֔בֶד
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אָהַ֨בְתִּי֙
ʼâhab
H157
to love
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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אֲדֹנִ֔י
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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אִשְׁתִּ֖י
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בָּנָ֑י
bên
H1121
son
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֵצֵ֖א
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
חָפְשִֽׁי
chophshîy
H2670
free
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
But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'
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King James Version Public Domain
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But if the servant plainly says, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I shall not go out free,”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).