Exodus 21:8
If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
Note Or so that he does not designate her for himself
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Note please…: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc
If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- please not
- Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc.
- Genesis 28:8; Judges 14:3; 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 18:8
- who hath
- Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 21:11–14
- seeing
- Exodus 8:29; Judges 9:19; Job 6:15; Malachi 2:11–15