Exodus 21:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 21:8 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 →
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
רָעָ֞ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
בְּעֵינֵ֧י
ʻayin
H5869
eye
אֲדֹנֶ֛יהָ
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לא
lôʼ
H3808
not
ל֥וֹ
יְעָדָ֖הּ
yâʻad
H3259
to appoint
וְהֶפְדָּ֑הּ
pâdâh
H6299
to redeem
לְעַ֥ם
ʻam
H5971
people
נָכְרִ֛י
nokrîy
H5237
foreign
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִמְשֹׁ֥ל
mâshal
H4910
to rule
לְמָכְרָ֖הּ
mâkar
H4376
to sell
בְּבִגְדוֹ
bâgad
H898
to betray
בָֽהּ
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World English Bible Public Domain
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, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
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.
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