Verse 8

If she does not please her master, who has betrothed 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvis hun ikke faller i smak hos sin herre som har valgt henne for seg selv, skal han la henne bli innløst. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til en annen, siden han har sviktet henne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvis hun ikke behager sin herre som har trolovet henne til seg selv, skal han la henne bli gjenløst. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til et fremmed folk, siden han har behandlet henne svikefullt.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis hennes herre ikke behager henne, som har forlovet seg med henne, skal han la henne bli løst; han skal ikke ha makt til å selge henne til en fremmed nasjon, hvis han har behandlet henne urettferdig.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom hun ikke behager sin herre, som har forlovet seg med henne, skal han la henne bli løst. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til fremmede folk, siden han har brutt sin tro.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis hennes herre ikke liker henne og ikke lar henne få frihet, skal han la henne bli gjenløst. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til et fremmed folk, siden han har forrådt tilliten til henne.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis hun ikke behager sin herre som har forlovet henne med seg, skal han la henne løses ut; han har ikke rett til å selge henne til et fremmed folk, fordi han har sveket henne.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om hun imidlertid ikke behager den herre som har forlovet seg med henne, skal han la henne bli innløst; han har ikke rett til å selge henne til en utenlandsk nasjon, for han har handlet uærlig med henne.

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

  Hvis hun ikke behager sin herre som har forlovet henne med seg, skal han la henne løses ut; han har ikke rett til å selge henne til et fremmed folk, fordi han har sveket henne.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis hun ikke behager sin herre som hadde til hensikt å beskikke henne for seg selv, skal han la henne bli utløst. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til en fremmed nasjon, for han har handlet svikefullt mot henne.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvis hun ikke tilfredsstiller sin herre, som hadde til hensikt å gifte seg med henne, skal han la henne bli kjøpt fri. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til utenlandske folk siden han har sveket henne.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom hun er ond for hendes Herres Øine, som haver trolovet sig hende, da skal han lade hende løses; han skal ikke have Magt til at sælge hende til et fremmed Folk, naar han forlader hende.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis hun ikke behager sin herre som har forlovet seg med henne, skal han la henne bli frikjøpt; å selge henne til et fremmed folk har han ikke rett til, siden han har vært uærlig mot henne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dersom hun ikke behager sin herre, som har tatt henne til kone, skal han la henne løses ut. Han har ingen rett til å selge henne til fremmed folk, siden han har sveket henne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis hun ikke tilfredsstiller sin herre og han ikke har gitt henne sin sønn, skal han la henne bli kjøpt fri. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til et fremmed folk, ettersom han har handlet svikefullt mot henne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis hun ikke behager sin herre, som har forlovet henne med seg selv, skal han tillate at hun blir innløst. Han har ikke rett til å selge henne til et fremmed folk, da han har vært uredelig mot henne.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis hun ikke behager sin herre som har tatt henne for seg selv, skal hun få sin frihet uten betaling; hennes herre har ikke rett til å selge henne til fremmede fordi han har vært falsk mot henne.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf she please not hir master, so that he hath geuen her to no man to wife, then shal he let hir goo fre: to sell her vnto a straunge nacion shal he haue no power, because he despised her.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf she please not hir master, and he haue not maried her, then shal he let her go fre: but to sell her vnto a strauge people he hath no auctorite, for so moch as he hath despysed her.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If she please not her maister, who hath nowe promised her mariage, then shall he let her redeeme her selfe: To sell her vnto a straunge nation shall he haue no power, seyng he despised her.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 28:8 : 8 And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father;
• Exod 8:29 : 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
• Deut 20:7 : 7 And what man is there who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
• Deut 21:11-14 : 11 And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire for her, that you would have her as your wife; 12 Then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails; 13 And she shall put off the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, and mourn for her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. 14 And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her.
• Judg 9:19 : 19 If then you have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and his house today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.
• Judg 14:3 : 3 Then his father and mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she pleases me well.
• 1 Sam 8:6 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.
• 1 Sam 18:8 : 8 And Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
• Job 6:15 : 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, like the streams of brooks that pass away,
• Mal 2:11-15 : 11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 The LORD will cut off the man who does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering to the LORD of hosts. 13 And this you have done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and crying out, so much that he regards not the offering any more, nor receives it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.