Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hver mann skulle sette sine hebraiske slaver og slavinner fri, slik at ingen skulle holde sine brødre, jøder, som slaver.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  At enhver mann skulle la sin hebraiske tjener og tjenestepike gå fri, så ingen skulle gjøre seg til herre over dem, enhver over sin jødiske bror.

• Norsk King James

  At hver mann skulle la sin hebraiske husmann gå fri; slik skulle ingen lenger holde dem som slaver, for de var jøder, deres brødre.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  At hver skulle la sin tjener og sin tjenestepike, hebreeren og hebreerinnen, gå fri; at ingen skulle holde sine egne israelitter som slaver.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Slik skulle hver mann sette fri sin hebraiske slave og slavinne, slik at ingen skulle holde en medfrende jordansmann som slave.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  At enhver skulle la sin tjener, og enhver sin tjenestepike, som var en hebreer eller en hebreerinne, gå fri; at ingen skulle tjene seg av dem, av en jødisk bror.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sa at hver mann skulle la sin tjener og hver mann sin tjenestepike, enten de var hebreere eller hebreiske kvinner, gå fri, slik at ingen lenger skulle holde dem som tjenere – særlig at en jøde ikke skulle behandle sin bror som slave.

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

  At enhver skulle la sin tjener, og enhver sin tjenestepike, som var en hebreer eller en hebreerinne, gå fri; at ingen skulle tjene seg av dem, av en jødisk bror.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  at enhver skulle gi frihet til sin hebraiske tjener og sin hebraiske tjenestekvinne, så ingen skulle holde en jøde, sin bror, som slave.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For å frigi hver sin slave og tjenestejente, både hebreernes menn og kvinner, for at ingen skulle holde en judeer som sin slave.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at hver skulde udlade sin Tjener, og hver sin Tjenestepige, Ebræeren og Ebræerinden, fri; at Ingen skulde lade sig tjene af dem, en Jøde af sin Broder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  slik at hver mann skulle slippe fri sin tjener, og hver mann sin tjenestekvinne, som var en hebreer eller hebreinne, for at ingen skulle holde sin jødiske bror som tjener.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  at hver mann skulle la sin tjenestegutt, og hver mann sin tjenestepike, som er en hebraisk eller hebraiskinne, gå fri; at ingen skulle gjøre dem til treller, nemlig en judeer sin bror.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hver mann skulle slippe fri sin hebraiske trell og sin hebraiske tjenestepike, så han ikke skulle ha noen som treller blant sine jødiske brødre.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  at enhver skulle la sin mannlige tjener og sin kvinnelige tjener, en hebreer eller en hebreisk kvinne, gå fri; at ingen skulle gjøre dem til slaver, nemlig en jøde hans bror.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  At hver mann skulle la sin hebraiske mannlig tjener og sin hebraiske kvinnelige tjener gå fri; slik at ingen kunne gjøre bruk av en jøde, sin landsmann, som tjener.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  so that euery man shulde let fre go his seruaunt and handemayde, Hebrue & Hebruesse & no Iewe to holde his brother as a bonde man.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That euery man should let his seruant go free, and euery man his handmayde, which was an Ebrue or an Ebruesse, and that none should serue himselfe of them, to wit, of a Iewe his brother.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So that euery man should let his seruaunt and handmayde go free, Hebrue and Hebruesse, and no Iewe holde his brother as a bondman.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, [being] an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant -- the Hebrew and the Hebrewess -- free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:

• World English Bible (2000)

  that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 2:6 : 6 And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. She had compassion on him and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
• Gen 14:13 : 13 And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he lived by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.
• Gen 40:15 : 15 For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
• Exod 3:18 : 18 And they shall listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us, and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
• Lev 25:39-46 : 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. 43 You shall not rule over him with rigor; but shall fear your God. 44 Both your bondmen, and your bondmaids, whom you shall have, shall be of the nations that are around you; from them shall you buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover of the children of the strangers who dwell among you, from them shall you buy, and from their families that are with you, which they begot in your land: and they shall be your possession. 46 And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, you shall not rule one over another with rigor.
• 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 4:6 : 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.
• 1 Sam 4:9 : 9 Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, O Philistines, that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight.
• 1 Sam 14:11 : 11 Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves."
• Jer 25:14 : 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
• Jer 27:7 : 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him.
• Jer 30:8 : 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more enslave him.
• Jer 34:10 : 10 Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant go free, and that none should enslave themselves anymore, they obeyed and let them go.
• 1 Cor 6:8 : 8 No, you do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren.
• 2 Cor 11:22 : 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.
• Phil 3:5 : 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;