Verse 14

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.

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.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 And if your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
• 1 Sam 8:7-8 : 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, by forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you also.
• 1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But of the children of Israel Solomon made no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
• 2 Kgs 17:13-14 : 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets and by all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Nevertheless they would not listen, but stiffened their necks, like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
• 2 Chr 28:10 : 10 And now you purpose to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as bondmen and bondwomen for yourselves, but are there not with you sins against the LORD your God?
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
• Neh 9:30 : 30 Yet for many years You had patience with them and testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear; therefore, You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
• Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother is put away.
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
• Jer 7:25-26 : 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 26 Yet they did not listen to me, nor incline their ear, but stiffened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
• Jer 11:8-9 : 8 Yet they did not obey nor incline their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart. Therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not do. 9 And the LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
• Jer 32:30 : 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says the LORD.
• Jer 34:8-9 : 8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them: 9 That every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should enslave them, a Jew his brother.
• Ezek 20:4 : 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Make them know the abominations of their fathers:
• Ezek 20:8 : 8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not cast away every man the abominations of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
• Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes:
• Amos 8:6 : 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
• Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts sent in His Spirit by the former 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 carnal, sold under sin. 15 For what I do, I do not understand: for what I want to do, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If then I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
• Rom 7:24 : 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
• 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
• Exod 21:1-4 : 1 Now these are the judgments you shall set before them. 2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free, without paying anything. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
• Exod 23:10-11 : 10 Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, 11 but in the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.