Exodus 21:5

NETBible

But if the servant should declare, 1  ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out 2  free,’

NIV ©

"But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’

NASB ©

"But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,’

NLT ©

But the slave may plainly declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.’

MSG ©

But suppose the slave should say, 'I love my master and my wife and children--I don't want my freedom,'

BBE ©

But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

NRSV ©

But if the slave declares, "I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out a free person,"

NKJV ©

"But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

KJV
And if the servant
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shall plainly
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say
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I love
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my master
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my wife
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and my children
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I will not go out
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free
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{shall...: Heb. saying shall say}
NASB ©
"But if
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the slave
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plainly
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says
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, 'I love
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my master
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, my wife
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and my children
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; I will not go
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out as a free
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man
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,'
LXXM
ean
<1437> 
CONJ
de
<1161> 
PRT
apokriyeiv {V-APPNS} eiph {V-AAS-3S} o
<3588> 
T-NSM
paiv
<3816> 
N-NSM
hgaphka {V-RAI-1S} ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
kurion
<2962> 
N-ASM
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
gunaika
<1135> 
N-ASF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ta
<3588> 
T-APN
paidia
<3813> 
N-APN
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
apotrecw {V-PAI-1S} eleuyerov
<1658> 
A-NSM
NET [draft] ITL
But if
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the servant
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should declare, ‘I love
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my master
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, my wife
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, and my children
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; I will not
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go out
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free
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,’
HEBREW
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aua
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al
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ynb
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taw
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ytsa
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ta
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ynda
<0113>
ta
<0853>
ytbha
<0157>
dbeh
<05650>
rmay
<0559>
rma
<0559>
Maw (21:5)
<0518>
NETBible

But if the servant should declare, 1  ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out 2  free,’

NET Notes

1 tn The imperfect with the infinitive absolute means that the declaration is unambiguous, that the servant will clearly affirm that he wants to stay with the master. Gesenius says that in a case like this the infinitive emphasizes the importance of the condition on which some consequence depends (GKC 342-43 §113.o).

2 tn Or taken as a desiderative imperfect, it would say, “I do not want to go out free.”