Deuteronomy 15:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,

New Living Translation
“But suppose your servant says, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and he has done well with you.

English Standard Version
But if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is well-off with you,

Berean Study Bible
But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

New American Standard Bible
But it shall come about, if he says to you, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is doing well with you,

NASB 1995
"It shall come about if he says to you, 'I will not go out from you,' because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;

NASB 1977
“And it shall come about if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;

Amplified Bible
Now if the servant says to you, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is doing well with you;

Christian Standard Bible
But if your slave says to you, ‘I don’t want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and is well off with you,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But if your slave says to you, 'I don't want to leave you,' because he loves you and your family, and is well off with you,

Contemporary English Version
But one of your slaves may say, "I love you and your family, and I would be better off staying with you, so please don't make me leave."

Good News Translation
"But your slave may not want to leave; he may love you and your family and be content to stay.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But suppose a male slave says to you, "I don't want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is happy with you.

International Standard Version
"Should that slave say to you, 'I won't leave you,' because he loves you and your household, and it was good for him to be with you,

NET Bible
However, if the servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

New King James Version
And if it happens that he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, since he prospers with you,

King James 2000 Bible
And it shall be, if he say unto you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he fares well with you;

New Heart English Bible
It shall be, if he tells you, "I will not go out from you"; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

World English Bible
It shall be, if he tells you, "I will not go out from you;" because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

American King James Version
And it shall be, if he say to you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

American Standard Version
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

A Faithful Version
And if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you' because he loves you and your house since it has been good for him with you;

Darby Bible Translation
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, -- because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, --

English Revised Version
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall be, if he shall say to thee, I will not leave thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee & thine house, and because he is well with thee,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And if he say vnto thee, I wyll not go away from thee: because he loueth thee and thine house, and is well at ease with thee:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But yf he saye vnto the: I wyll not go out awaye from the, for I loue ye and thine house (in so moch as he is well at ease with the)

Tyndale Bible of 1526
But and yf he saye vnto the, I will not goo awaye from the, because he loueth the and thine housse and is well at ease with the.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And it has been, when he says to you, I do not go out from you, because he has loved you and your house, because [it is] good for him with you,

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee -- because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because it is good for him with thee --

Smith's Literal Translation
And it was when he shall say to thee, I will not go forth from thee; for he loved thee and thy house, for it was well to him with thee;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

Catholic Public Domain Version
But if he will say, ‘I am not willing to depart,’ because he loves you and your household, and because he feels that it would be good for him to stay with you,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And if he will say to you: “I did not go out from your presence, because I loved you and your household and your people is suitable for me”;

Lamsa Bible
But if he says to you. I will not go away from you, because I love you and your household, and because it is better for me to be with you,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And it shall be, if he say unto thee: 'I will not go out from thee'; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he fareth well with thee;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if he should say to thee, I will not go out from thee, because he continues to love thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;
















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