Exodus 21:10
Modern Translations
New International Version
If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights.

New Living Translation
“If a man who has married a slave wife takes another wife for himself, he must not neglect the rights of the first wife to food, clothing, and sexual intimacy.

English Standard Version
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

Berean Study Bible
If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.

New American Standard Bible
If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.

NASB 1995
"If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.

NASB 1977
“If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.

Amplified Bible
If her master marries another wife, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her privilege as a wife.

Christian Standard Bible
If he takes an additional wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If he takes an additional wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.

Contemporary English Version
If the man later marries another woman, he must continue to provide food and clothing for the one he bought and to treat her as a wife.

Good News Translation
If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If that son marries another woman, he must not deprive the first wife of food, clothes, or sex.

International Standard Version
If he takes another woman for himself, he may not withhold from the first her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

NET Bible
If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one's food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

New King James Version
If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.

King James 2000 Bible
If he takes him another wife; her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

New Heart English Bible
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

World English Bible
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

American King James Version
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

American Standard Version
If he take him another wife ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

A Faithful Version
If he takes himself another wife, her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage shall not be lessened.

Darby Bible Translation
If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.

English Revised Version
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

Webster's Bible Translation
If he shall take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And if he take hym another wyfe: yet her foode, her rayment, and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But yf he geue him another wife, then shall he mynishe nothinge of hir foode, rayment, and dewtye of mariage.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Yf he take him another wife, yet hir fode, rayment and dutie off mariage shall he not mynisshe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
If he takes another [woman] for him, he does not withdraw her food, her covering, and her habitation;

Young's Literal Translation
If another woman he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

Smith's Literal Translation
If he shall take to him another, her food and her covering and her cohabitation he shall not take away.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And if he takes another for him, he shall provide to the maiden a marriage, and clothing, and he shall not refuse the price of her chastity.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And if he will take to himself another wife; her provisions and her clothing and her bed he shall not take.

Lamsa Bible
If he takes to himself another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothes, and her conjugal rights.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship with him.
















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