Verse Comparison: Exodus 21:2
American Standard Version
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Amplified® Bible
If you buy a Hebrew servant [as the result of debt or theft], he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, paying nothing.
Contemporary English Version
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he must remain your slave for six years. But in the seventh year you must set him free, without cost to him.
Darby English Version
If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Good News Bible
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay anything.
King James Version
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
New American Standard Bible
"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.
New International Version
"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.
New King James Version
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.
Revised Standard Version
When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.
Young's Literal Translation
`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant -- six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;