Exodus 21:10
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

he takes
יִֽקַּֽח־ (yiq·qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

another wife,
אַחֶ֖רֶת (’a·ḥe·reṯ)
Adjective - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 312: 1) another, other, following 1a) following, further 1b) other, different

he must not
לֹ֥א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

reduce
יִגְרָֽע׃ (yiḡ·rā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1639: 1) to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to diminish 1a2) to restrain 1a3) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be withdrawn 1b2) to be restrained 1c) (Piel) to withdraw, draw up

the food,
שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ (šə·’ê·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7607: 1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman 1a) flesh 1a1) as food 1a2) for physical power (fig) 1b) flesh relation, blood relation 1c) self

clothing,
כְּסוּתָ֥הּ (kə·sū·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3682: 1) covering, clothing 1a) covering, clothing 1b) covering (for concealment)

or marital rights [of his first wife].
וְעֹנָתָ֖הּ (wə·‘ō·nā·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5772: 1) cohabitation, conjugal rights

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

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

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

King James Bible
If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
Parallel Verses
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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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
















Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:3
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Exodus 21:9
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

Exodus 21:11
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Exodus 21:8
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.

Exodus 21:7
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

Exodus 21:12
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Exodus 21:13
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
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