Deuteronomy 15:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then you shall take an awl, and pierce it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant, you shall do likewise.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    then take an awl and pierce their ear to the door, and they will become your servant for life. You shall do the same for your female servant.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    then thou shalt take{H3947} an awl,{H4836} and thrust{H5414} it through his ear{H241} unto the door,{H1817} and he shall be thy servant{H5650} for ever.{H5769} And also unto thy maid-servant{H519} thou shalt do{H6213} likewise.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8804)} an aul{H4836}, and thrust{H5414}{(H8804)} it through his ear{H241} unto the door{H1817}, and he shall be thy servant{H5650} for ever{H5769}. And also unto thy maidservant{H519} thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8799)} likewise.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Then take a naule and nayle his eare too the doore there with ad let him be thi seruaunte foreuer and vnto thi mayde seruaunte thou shalt doo likewise.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    then take a botkyn, and bore him thorow his eare to the dore, and let him be thy seruaunt for euer. And with thy mayde shalt thou do likewyse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then shalt thou take a naule, and perce his eare through against the doore, and he shall be thy seruant for euer: and vnto thy maid seruant thou shall doe likewise.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then shalt thou take an aule, & nayle his eare to the doore therwith, and let hym be thy seruaunt for euer: And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do likewise.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your maid-servant you shall do likewise.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put `it' through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. [

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently(this applies to your female servant as well).

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 25:39-42 : 39 And if your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of Jubilee: 41 And then he shall depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
  • 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 But Hannah did not go up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever.

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