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Exodus 21:5

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

KJV

Quod si dixerit servus : Diligo dominum meum et uxorem ac liberos ; non egrediar liber :

Vulgate

ἐὰν δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἴπῃ ὁ παῖς Ἠγάπηκα τὸν κύριόν μου καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ παιδία, οὐκ ἀποτρέχω ἐλεύθερος·

LXX

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

ASV

וְ/אִם אָמֹ֤ר יֹאמַר֙ הָ/עֶ֔בֶד אָהַ֨בְתִּי֙ אֶת אֲדֹנִ֔/י אֶת אִשְׁתִּ֖/י וְ/אֶת בָּנָ֑/י לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א חָפְשִֽׁי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חָפְשִׁ֖י
chpshy
adjective · 17×
י
y
noun · 328×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • Deut 15:16 — And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
  • Deut 15:16 — And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;