Deuteronomy 15:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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,”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 15:16 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“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,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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;”
King James Version · Public Domain“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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee--because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because <FI>it is<Fi> good for him with thee--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 15:16 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:5But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
- Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).