Exodus 21:2
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
KJV
Si emeris servum hebræum, sex annis serviet tibi : in septimo egredietur liber gratis.
Vulgate
Ἐὰν κτήσῃ παῖδα Ἐβραῖον, ἓξ ἔτη δουλεύσει σοι· τῷ δὲ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει ἀπελεύσεται ἐλεύθερος δωρεάν.
LXX
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
ASV
כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּ/בַ֨/שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽ/חָפְשִׁ֖י חִנָּֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
חָפְשִׁ֖י
chpshy
adjective · 17×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 287×
עִבְרִ֔ים
'brym
noun · 34×
קְנֵ֣ה
qnh
verb · 86×
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shsh
adjective · 215×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
שְּׁבִיעִ֔י
shby'y
adjective · 98×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 15:1 — At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- Deut 15:1 — At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- Deut 15:12 — And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
- Deut 15:12 — And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
- Deut 15:18 — It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in
- Deut 31:10 — And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
- Exod 12:44 — But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
- Exod 21:7 — And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
- Exod 22:3 — If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
- Exod 22:3 — If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
- Jer 34:8 — This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
- Lev 25:39 — And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
- Lev 25:39 — And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
- Lev 25:40 — But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
- Lev 25:54 — And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
- Neh 5:1 — And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
- Neh 5:8 — And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they the