Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For a man to send away his servant, and a man his maid, the Hebrew or the Hebrewess, free; for a man not to serve with them with a Jew his brother.
New American Standard Bible
that each man should set free his male servant and each man his female servant, a
King James Version
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Holman Bible
so each man would free his male and female Hebrew slaves and no one would enslave his Judean brother.
International Standard Version
Each person was to set free his male and female slaves who were Hebrews, so that no Jewish person would enslave his brother.
A Conservative Version
that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, that none should make bondmen of them, [namely], of a Jew his brother.
American Standard Version
that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, to wit , of a Jew his brother.
Amplified
that every man should let his Hebrew slaves, male and female, go free, so that no one should make a slave of a Jew, his brother.
Bible in Basic English
That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
Darby Translation
that every man should let his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, the Hebrew and the Hebrewess, go free, that none should exact service of them, that is, of a Jew his brother.
King James 2000
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should enslave them, that is, a Jew his brother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
to let go each one his [male] slave and each one his female slave, the Hebrew and the free Hebrew, [so that] no one among the Judeans [should] enslave his fellow countryman.
Modern King James verseion
that each man should let his male slave, and each man his female slave, if a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, to go free, that none should enslave a Jew, his brother among them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that every man should let his servant and handmaid go free, Hebrew and Hebrewess, and no Jew to hold his brother as a bond man.
NET Bible
Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved.
New Heart English Bible
that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.
The Emphasized Bible
that every man should let his servant and every man his handmaid, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, - so that no man should use them as slaves, to wit a Jew his brother;
Webster
That every man should liberate his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess; that none should retain them in service, to wit, a Jew his brother.
World English Bible
that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.
Youngs Literal Translation
to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant -- the Hebrew and the Hebrewess -- free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;
Themes
Brother » Signifies » Any israelite
Constitution » Agreement between the ruler and people
Covenant » Of men with men » Breach of, punished
Emancipation » Of hebrew servants
Emancipation » Proclamation of » By zedekiah
King » Constitutional restrictions of
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 34:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zedekiah's Covenant Concerning Slaves
8 The word which was to Jeremiah from Jehovah after king Zedekiah cut out a covenant with all the people which were in Jerusalem, to call to them liberty; 9 For a man to send away his servant, and a man his maid, the Hebrew or the Hebrewess, free; for a man not to serve with them with a Jew his brother. 10 And all the chiefs will hear, and all the people which came into the covenant, to send away a man his servant and a man his maid, free, no more to serve with them, and they will hear and will send away.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 14:13
And he having escaped, will come and declare to Abram, the Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oaks of Mamra, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner: and these having a covenant with Abram.
Exodus 2:6
And she will open and will see the child: and behold, the boy weeping: And she will have pity upon him, and will say, This from the children of the Hebrews.
Genesis 40:15
For by stealing, I was stolen from the land Of the Hebrews: and also here, I have not done anything that they put me in the pit
Exodus 3:18
And they heard thy voice; and thou camest, thou and the old men of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and ye said to him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews, met with us; and now will we go a way of three days into the desert, and we will sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
Leviticus 25:39-46
And when thy brother shall be poor with thee, and he was sold to thee, thou shalt not serve upon him the service of a servant.
Deuteronomy 15:12
When thy brother a Hebrew, or Hebrewess, shall be sold to thee, and serving thee six years; in the seventh year thou shalt send him away free from thee.
1 Samuel 4:6
And Philisteim will hear the voice of the shout, and they will say, What the voice of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? and they knew that the ark of Jehovah came into the camp.
1 Samuel 4:9
Be strong, and be for men, Philisteim, lest ye shall serve to the Hebrews as they served to you: and be for men and fight
1 Samuel 14:11
And they two will disclose to the garrison of the rovers; and the rovers will say, Behold, the Hebrews coming forth from the holes where they hid there.
Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations they also served upon them, and great kings: and I requited to them according to their work and according to the doings of their hands.
Jeremiah 27:7
And all the nations served him, and his son, and his son's son, even till the time itself also of his land came: and many nations and great kings served upon him.
Jeremiah 30:8
And it was in that day, says Jehovah of armies, I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and I will tear away thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve upon him.
Jeremiah 34:10
And all the chiefs will hear, and all the people which came into the covenant, to send away a man his servant and a man his maid, free, no more to serve with them, and they will hear and will send away.
1 Corinthians 6:8
But ye treat ill, and defraud, and that the brethren.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? I also. Are they Israelites? I also. Are they Abraham's seed? I also.
Philippians 3:5
Circumcision done the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;