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Exodus 21:8

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8If she doesn’t please the master who has chosen her as a wife,ahe must let her be bought back by one of her close relatives. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has treated her unfairly.

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  1. a21:8 Or “master so that he does not choose her as a wife.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If she is displeasing to her master, who chose her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners because he has acted treacherously toward her.

NLTNew Living Translation

If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If she does not please her master who selected her, he will allow her to be redeemed; he has no authority to sell her to foreign people, since he has dealt treacherously with her.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.