Verse 14

At the end of seven years, each of you must set free your Hebrew brothers who have been sold to you and have served you for six years. You must release them to go free. But your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Ved slutten av syv år skal dere sette fri hver enkelt hebraisk bror, den som har solgt seg til deg og tjent deg i seks år. Dere skal sette ham fri, men deres fedre hørte ikke på meg og ville ikke lytte til meg.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Ved slutten av syv år skal dere la hver mann sin bror, en hebraer som er solgt til deg, og har tjent deg seks år, gå fri fra deg. Men deres fedre hørte ikke på meg og vendte ikke sitt øre til meg.

  • Norsk King James

    På slutten av syv år skal enhver av dere la sin bror, en hebreer, som har vært solgt til dere, gå; og når han har tjent deg i seks år, skal du la ham reise fra deg. Men deres fedre adlød meg ikke, og bøyde ikke sitt øre.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Når syv år er til ende, skal hver mann la sin hebraiske bror gå fri, som har solgt seg til deg og tjent deg i seks år, og du skal la ham gå fri fra deg. Men deres fedre lyttet ikke til meg og bøyde ikke sine ører.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    «Etter sju år skal hver mann sette fri sin hebraiske bror som er solgt til deg og har tjent deg i seks år. Du skal sette ham fri fra deg.» Men deres fedre hørte ikke på meg og lyttet ikke.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Ved slutten av syv år skal hver mann la sin bror, en hebreer, som har blitt solgt til deg, gå fri. Etter at han har tjent deg i seks år, skal du la ham gå fri fra deg. Men deres fedre lyttet ikke til meg og vendte ikke øret mot meg.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    «Etter syv år skal hver mann la sin hebraiske bror, som er solgt til deg, gå fri; og når han har tjent deg i seks år, skal du la ham gå fri.» Men deres fedre hørte ikke etter meg, de ville ikke lytte.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Ved slutten av syv år skal hver mann la sin bror, en hebreer, som har blitt solgt til deg, gå fri. Etter at han har tjent deg i seks år, skal du la ham gå fri fra deg. Men deres fedre lyttet ikke til meg og vendte ikke øret mot meg.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Ved slutten av syv år skal dere sette fri enhver som har en hebraisk bror, som har vært solgt til deg og har tjent deg i seks år; da skal du sette ham fri. Men deres forfedre hørte ikke på meg eller vendte sitt øre til meg.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Ved slutten av hvert syvende år skal dere frigi hver sin hebreerstjener som har blitt solgt til deg. Han skal tjene deg i seks år, og deretter skal du frigi ham fra din tjeneste. Men deres fedre hørte ikke på meg og vendte ikke øret til meg.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Naar syv Aar ere tilende, skal hver lade sin Broder fare, som er en Ebræer, som sælges til dig og har tjent dig sex Aar, og du skal lade ham fri fra dig; men eders Fædre hørte mig ikke og bøiede ikke deres Øre.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Ved slutten av syv år skal dere la hver mann slippe fri sin hebreiske bror, som er blitt solgt til deg; når han har tjent deg i seks år, skal du la ham gå fri fra deg, men deres fedre lyttet ikke til meg og vendte ikke øret til meg.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you. But your fathers did not listen to me, nor incline their ear.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Ved slutten av sju år skal dere la hver mann sin bror som er hebraisk, som er solgt til deg, og som har tjent deg seks år, gå fri fra deg: men deres fedre lyttet ikke til meg, hverken bøyde de sitt øre.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Ved slutten av syv år skal hver av dere la sin hebraiske bror gå, han som er solgt til deg og som har tjent deg i seks år. Du skal la ham gå fri fra deg. Men deres fedre hørte ikke på meg, og vendte ikke øre til meg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Etter syv år skal hver og en av dere sette fri sin bror som er en hebreer, som har blitt solgt til deg og har tjent deg i seks år. Du skal la ham gå fri fra deg; men deres fedre lyttet ikke til meg og vendte ikke sitt øre til meg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Ved slutten av syv år skal hver mann la sin landsmann, som er en hebraisk tjener, gå fri; han har vært din tjener i seks år; du skal la ham gå fri: men deres fedre brydde seg ikke om det og lyttet ikke.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    When seuen yeares are out, euery man shal let go fre his bought seruaunte an Hebrue, yf he haue serued him sixe yeares. But yor fathers obeied me not & herkened not vnto me

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    At the terme of seuen yeres let ye go, euery man his brother an Ebrewe which hath bene solde vnto thee: and when he hath serued the sixe yeres, thou shalt let him go free fro thee: but your fathers obeyed me not, neither inclined their eares.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    When seuen yeres are out, euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free, if he haue serued hym sixe yeres: but your fathers obayed me not, and hearkened not vnto me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    At the end of seven years ye do send forth each his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, yea, thou hast sent him forth free from thee: and your fathers hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free.” But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:12 : 12 If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free.
  • 1 Sam 8:7-8 : 7 The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king. 8 Just as they have done to me from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day—forsaking me and serving other gods—so they are also doing to you.
  • 1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites; they were his soldiers, servants, officials, commanders, captains, and commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
  • 2 Kgs 17:13-14 : 13 Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and seers, saying, 'Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and statutes according to the entire law I commanded your fathers to follow, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.' 14 But they would not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks like their fathers who did not believe in the Lord their God.
  • 2 Chr 28:10 : 10 And now you intend to enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
  • Neh 9:30 : 30 For many years, You were patient with them. You warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, yet they would not listen. So You gave them into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says: Where is the certificate of divorce for your mother, whom I sent away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Behold, because of your sins, you were sold, and because of your transgressions, your mother was sent away.
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loosen the chains of injustice, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to break every yoke?
  • Jer 7:25-26 : 25 From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent all my servants the prophets to you, again and again. 26 But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.
  • Jer 11:8-9 : 8 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, each one followed the stubbornness of their own evil heart. So I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to obey but they did not. 9 Then the LORD said to me, ‘A conspiracy has been found among the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.’ 10 They have turned back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors.
  • Jer 32:30 : 30 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have only done what is evil in My eyes since their youth. Indeed, the sons of Israel have only provoked Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
  • Jer 34:8-9 : 8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them: 9 Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew.
  • Ezek 20:4 : 4 Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Let them know about the detestable practices of their ancestors.
  • Ezek 20:8 : 8 But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; none of them got rid of the detestable things their eyes were set on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
  • Amos 2:6 : 6 This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.'
  • Amos 8:6 : 6 Buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, even selling the sweepings of the wheat.'
  • Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.
  • Rom 7:14-17 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 For I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
  • Rom 7:24 : 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 There was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
  • Exod 21:1-4 : 1 These are the laws you are to set before them. 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 any payment. 3 If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; but if he is married, then his wife shall leave with him. 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 he shall go out by himself.
  • Exod 23:10-11 : 10 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce. 11 But during the seventh year, you are to let it rest and leave it unplowed, so that the poor among your people may eat, and whatever they leave, the wild animals may eat. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.