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Exodus 21:8 KJV
Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 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 21:8 · King James Version
Exodus 21:8 in context
6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8If 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.
9And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- betrothedyâʻadto fix uponH3259 →
- redeemedpâdâhto severH6299 →
- strangenokrîystrange, in a variety of degrees and applicationsH5237 →
- pleaseraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- pleaseʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
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The first verse is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters between man and man.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11