Deuteronomy 15:16
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New International Version (©1984)
But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"It shall come about if he says to you, 'I will not go out from you,' because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But suppose a male slave says to you, "I don't want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is happy with you.

King James Bible
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;

American King James Version
And it shall be, if he say to you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

American Standard Version
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

Bible in Basic English
But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

Darby Bible Translation
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, --

English Revised Version
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall be, if he shall say to thee, I will not leave thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

World English Bible
It shall be, if he tells you, "I will not go out from you;" because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee -- because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because it is good for him with thee --

Geneva Study Bible

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;

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16, 17. if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee-If they declined to avail themselves of the privilege of release and chose to remain with their master, then by a peculiar form of ceremony they became a party to the transaction, voluntarily sold themselves to their employer, and continued in his service till death.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:12-18 Here the law concerning Hebrew servants is repeated. There is an addition, requiring the masters to put some small stock into their servants' hands to set up with for themselves, when sent out of their servitude, wherein they had received no wages. We may expect family blessings, the springs of family prosperity, when we make conscience of our duty to our family relations. We are to remember that we are debtors to Divine justice, and have nothing to pay with. That we are slaves, poor, and perishing. But the Lord Jesus Christ, by becoming poor, and by shedding his blood, has made a full and free provision for the payment of our debts, the ransom of our souls, and the supply of all our wants. When the gospel is clearly preached, the acceptable year of the Lord is proclaimed; the year of release of our debts, of the deliverance of our souls, and of obtaining rest in him. And as faith in Christ and love to him prevail, they will triumph over the selfishness of the heart, and over the unkindness of the world, doing away the excuses that rise from unbelief, distrust, and covetousness.


Exodus 21:5 "But if the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,'
Exodus 21:6 then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently. (NASB ©1995)

Dear Desire Happy House Household Loved Loves Servant Want

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;

Ex 21:5,6 Ps 40:6,8

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