16It shall be, if he tells you, |I will not go out from you;| because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;


In Context

13 When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:

14 you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress; as Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

15 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today.

16 It shall be, if he tells you, |I will not go out from you;| because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

17 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.

18 It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.

Deuteronomy 15:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And 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;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:16But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:16But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, —

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And it shall be, if he shall say to thee, I will not leave thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee — because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because it is good for him with thee —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And it shall be, if he say to you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;