Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. New Living Translation If he was single when he became your slave, he shall leave single. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife must be freed with him. English Standard Version If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. Berean Standard Bible If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. King James Bible If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. New King James Version If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. New American Standard Bible If he comes alone, he shall leave alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall leave with him. NASB 1995 “If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him. NASB 1977 “If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him. Legacy Standard Bible If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him. Amplified Bible If he came [to you] alone, he shall leave alone; if he came married, then his wife shall leave with him. Christian Standard Bible If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with a wife, his wife is to leave with him. Holman Christian Standard Bible If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with a wife, his wife is to leave with him. American Standard Version If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if he alone will come in, he alone will go forth, and if he is a husband of a wife, his wife will go out with him. Brenton Septuagint Translation If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out. Contemporary English Version If he was single at the time you bought him, he alone must be set free. But if he was married at the time, both he and his wife must be given their freedom. Douay-Rheims Bible With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him. English Revised Version If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. GOD'S WORD® Translation If he comes to you by himself, he must leave by himself. If he comes as a married man, his wife may leave with him. Good News Translation If he was unmarried when he became your slave, he is not to take a wife with him when he leaves; but if he was married when he became your slave, he may take his wife with him. International Standard Version If he came in by himself, he is to go out by himself. If he was married, his wife is to go out with him. JPS Tanakh 1917 If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. Literal Standard Version if he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife has gone out with him; Majority Standard Bible If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. New American Bible If he comes into service alone, he shall leave alone; if he comes with a wife, his wife shall leave with him. NET Bible If he came in by himself he will go out by himself; if he had a wife when he came in, then his wife will go out with him. New Revised Standard Version If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. New Heart English Bible If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him. Webster's Bible Translation If he came in by himself, he shall depart by himself: if he was married, then his wife shall depart with him. World English Bible If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him. Young's Literal Translation if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he is owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him; Additional Translations ... Context Laws for Servants…2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. 3If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. 4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.… Cross References Exodus 21:2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. Exodus 21:4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. Exodus 21:7 And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do. Treasury of Scripture If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. by himself. Jump to Previous Alone Depart Free Husband Married Owner Single WifeJump to Next Alone Depart Free Husband Married Owner Single WifeExodus 21 1. Laws for men servants5. For the servant whose ear is bored 7. For women servants 12. For manslaughter 16. For kidnappers 17. For cursers of parents 18. For smiters 22. For a hurt by chance 28. For an ox that gores 33. For him who is an occasion of harm (3) His wife shall go out with him.--The privilege of the married Hebrew slave was to attach also to his wife, if he was married when he became a slave. It further, no doubt, attached to his children.Verse 3. - If he came in by himself, etc.. The first clause of this verse is further explained in the next; the second secured to the wife who went into slavery with her husband a participation in his privilege of release at the end of the sixth year. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he arrived alone, יָבֹ֖א (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go he is to leave alone; יֵצֵ֑א (yê·ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he ה֔וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are arrived with a wife, אִשָּׁה֙ (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female [she] אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (’iš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female is to leave וְיָצְאָ֥ה (wə·yā·ṣə·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim with him. עִמּֽוֹ׃ (‘im·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with Links Exodus 21:3 NIVExodus 21:3 NLT Exodus 21:3 ESV Exodus 21:3 NASB Exodus 21:3 KJV Exodus 21:3 BibleApps.com Exodus 21:3 Biblia Paralela Exodus 21:3 Chinese Bible Exodus 21:3 French Bible Exodus 21:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 21:3 If he comes in by himself he (Exo. 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