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Keywords: Curse, Servant
Description: Genesis 9:25
NET Translation: So he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of Slaves he will be to his brothers.”
DARBY Translation: And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
KJV Translation: And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Description: Genesis 20:17
NET Translation: Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female Slaves so that they were able to have children.
DARBY Translation: And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore [children].
KJV Translation: So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children].
Description: Genesis 43:18
NET Translation: But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us Slaves, and take our donkeys!”
DARBY Translation: And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house, and said, Because of the money that was returned to us in our sacks at the beginning are we brought in, that he may turn against us, and fall upon us and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
KJV Translation: And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
Description: Genesis 44:9
NET Translation: If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s Slaves!”
DARBY Translation: With whomsoever of thy servants it is found, let him die; and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
KJV Translation: With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
Description: Genesis 44:16
NET Translation: Judah replied, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s Slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”
DARBY Translation: And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found.
KJV Translation: And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we [are] my lord's servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is found.
Description: Genesis 47:19
NET Translation: Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s Slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”
DARBY Translation: Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
KJV Translation: Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Description: Genesis 47:21
NET Translation: Joseph made all the people Slaves from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.
DARBY Translation: And as for the people, he removed them into the cities, from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end of it.
KJV Translation: And as for the people, he removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.
Description: Genesis 47:25
NET Translation: They replied, “You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s Slaves.”
DARBY Translation: And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.
KJV Translation: And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Description: Genesis 50:18
NET Translation: Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your Slaves.”
DARBY Translation: And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.
KJV Translation: And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.
Description: Exodus 21:1
NET Translation: “These are the ordinances that you will set before them:
DARBY Translation: And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
KJV Translation: Now these [are] the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
Verse Intro: Laws About Slaves
Keywords: Bondmen, Bondmaids, Slaves, Male, Female
Description: Leviticus 25:44
NET Translation: “‘As for your male and female Slaves who may belong to you—you may buy male and female Slaves from the nations all around you.
DARBY Translation: And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.
KJV Translation: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Description: Leviticus 25:45
NET Translation: Also, you may buy Slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land; they may become your property.
DARBY Translation: Moreover of the children of them that dwell as sojourners with you, of them may ye buy, and of their family that is with you, which they beget in your land, and they shall be your possession.
KJV Translation: Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Keywords: Yoke
Description: Leviticus 26:13
NET Translation: I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their Slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright.
DARBY Translation: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you walk upright.
KJV Translation: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Keywords: Rest, Sabbath, Seven
Description: Deuteronomy 5:14
NET Translation: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the resident foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female Slaves, like yourself, may have rest.
DARBY Translation: but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy gates; that thy bondman and thy handmaid may rest as well as thou.
KJV Translation: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Description: Deuteronomy 5:15
NET Translation: Recall that you were Slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence with a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm; therefore Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to observe the sabbath day.
KJV Translation: And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Description: Deuteronomy 6:21
NET Translation: you must say to them, “We were Pharaoh’s Slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.
DARBY Translation: then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a powerful hand;
KJV Translation: Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Description: Deuteronomy 16:11
NET Translation: You shall rejoice before him—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female Slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you—in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Description: Deuteronomy 16:14
NET Translation: You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female Slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.
Description: Deuteronomy 20:11
NET Translation: If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your Slaves.
DARBY Translation: And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then all the people that are found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
KJV Translation: And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Description: Deuteronomy 23:15
NET Translation: You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee:
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Verse Intro: Compassion Toward Slaves
Description: Deuteronomy 24:18
NET Translation: Remember that you were Slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee from thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
KJV Translation: But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Description: Deuteronomy 24:22
NET Translation: Remember that you were Slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Description: Deuteronomy 28:68
NET Translation: Then the Lord will make you return to Egypt by ship, over a route I said to you that you would never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female Slaves, but no one will buy you.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it again no more; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no man to buy [you].
KJV Translation: And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you].
Keywords: Ear, Egypt, God, Man
Description: 1 Samuel 2:27
NET Translation: Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘I plainly revealed myself to your ancestor’s house when they were Slaves to the house of Pharaoh in Egypt.
DARBY Translation: And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Did I plainly reveal myself to the house of thy father when they were in Egypt, in Pharaoh's house,
KJV Translation: And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
Keywords: God, Judah, Mercy, Wall
Description: Ezra 9:9
NET Translation: Although we are Slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us to restore the temple of our God and to raise up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Keywords: Fruit
Description: Nehemiah 9:36
NET Translation: “So today we are Slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things—we are Slaves.
DARBY Translation: Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.
KJV Translation: Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we [are] servants in it:
Keywords: Hough, Vail
Description: Esther 7:4
NET Translation: For we have been sold—both I and my people—to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation. If we had simply been sold as male and female Slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”
DARBY Translation: for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.
KJV Translation: For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Keywords: Jerusalem
Description: Ecclesiastes 2:7
NET Translation: I purchased male and female Slaves, and I owned Slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock—both herds and flocks—than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
KJV Translation: I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Keywords: King
Description: Ecclesiastes 10:7
NET Translation: I have seen Slaves on horseback and princes walking on foot like Slaves.
DARBY Translation: I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
KJV Translation: I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Description: Jeremiah 25:14
NET Translation: For many nations and great kings will make Slaves of the king of Babylon and his nation too. I will repay them for all they have done.’”
DARBY Translation: For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
KJV Translation: For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
Keywords: Covenant, King, Liberty, Zedekiah
Description: Jeremiah 34:8
NET Translation: The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to grant their Slaves their freedom.
DARBY Translation: The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them:
KJV Translation: [This is] the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which [were] at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
Keywords: Man
Description: Jeremiah 34:9
NET Translation: Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew Slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved.
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.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Jeremiah 34:10
NET Translation: All the people and their leaders had agreed to this. They had agreed to free their male and female Slaves and not keep them enslaved any longer. They originally complied with the covenant and freed them.
DARBY Translation: And all the princes and all the people that had entered into the covenant obeyed, every man letting his bondman and every man his bondmaid go free, that none should exact service of them any more: they obeyed, and let [them] go.
KJV Translation: Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let [them] go.
Description: Jeremiah 34:11
NET Translation: But later they changed their minds. They took back their male and female Slaves that they had freed and forced them to be Slaves again.
DARBY Translation: But afterwards they turned, and caused the bondmen and the bondmaids whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for bondmen and for bondmaids.
KJV Translation: But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Keywords: Covenant, God
Description: Jeremiah 34:13
NET Translation: “The Lord God of Israel has a message for you: ‘I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt where they had been Slaves. It stipulated,
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
Keywords: Liberty, Man
Description: Jeremiah 34:16
NET Translation: But then you turned right around and showed that you did not honor me. Each of you took back your male and female Slaves, whom you had freed as they desired, and you forced them to be your Slaves again.
DARBY Translation: but ye have turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and ye have brought them into subjection, to be unto you for bondmen and for bondmaids.
KJV Translation: But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
Keywords: Deliver
Description: Lamentations 5:8
NET Translation: Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.
DARBY Translation: Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
KJV Translation: Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
Keywords: Deliver
Description: Ezekiel 25:4
NET Translation: So take note, I am about to make you Slaves of the tribes of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
DARBY Translation: therefore behold, I will give thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruits, and they shall drink thy milk.
KJV Translation: Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
Keywords: Ass, Brass
Description: Ezekiel 27:13
NET Translation: Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged Slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.
DARBY Translation: Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.
KJV Translation: Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they [were] thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Description: Nahum 3:4
NET Translation: Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute—a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enSlaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery—
DARBY Translation: Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,
KJV Translation: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Keywords: Hand, Oil
Description: Zechariah 2:9
NET Translation: Yes, look here, I am about to punish them so that they will be looted by their own Slaves.” Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.
DARBY Translation: For behold, I will shake my hand upon them, and they shall become a spoil to those that served them: and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me.
KJV Translation: For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
Keywords: Seed
Description: Matthew 13:27
NET Translation: So the Slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the darnel come from?’
DARBY Translation: And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?
KJV Translation: “So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?”
Description: Matthew 13:28
NET Translation: He said, ‘An enemy has done this!’ So the Slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather it?’
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, A man [that is] an enemy has done this. And the bondmen said to him, Wilt thou then that we should go and gather it [up]?
KJV Translation: “He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?”
Keywords: Account, Heaven, Kingdom
Description: Matthew 18:23
NET Translation: “For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his Slaves.
DARBY Translation: For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.
KJV Translation: “Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.”
Keywords: Servant
Description: Matthew 18:28
NET Translation: After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow Slaves who owed him 100 silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
DARBY Translation: But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything.
KJV Translation: “But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took” [him] “by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.”
Description: Matthew 18:31
NET Translation: When his fellow Slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.
DARBY Translation: But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.
KJV Translation: “So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.”
Keywords: Fruit, Might, Time
Description: Matthew 21:34
NET Translation: When the harvest time was near, he sent his Slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.
DARBY Translation: But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
KJV Translation: “And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.”
Description: Matthew 21:35
NET Translation: But the tenants seized his Slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
DARBY Translation: And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
KJV Translation: “And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.”
Description: Matthew 21:36
NET Translation: Again he sent other Slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.
DARBY Translation: Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.
KJV Translation: “Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.”
Description: Matthew 22:3
NET Translation: He sent his Slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
DARBY Translation: and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.
KJV Translation: “And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.”
Description: Matthew 22:4
NET Translation: Again he sent other Slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
DARBY Translation: Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.
KJV Translation: “Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and” [my] “fatlings” [are] “killed, and all things” [are] “ready: come unto the marriage.”
Keywords: Remnant
Description: Matthew 22:6
NET Translation: The rest seized his Slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
DARBY Translation: And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew [them].
KJV Translation: “And the remnant took his servants, and entreated” [them] “spitefully, and slew” [them].
Keywords: Wedding
Description: Matthew 22:8
NET Translation: Then he said to his Slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.
DARBY Translation: Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;
KJV Translation: “Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.”
Keywords: Wedding
Description: Matthew 22:10
NET Translation: And those Slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
DARBY Translation: And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.
KJV Translation: “So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.”
Keywords: Meat, Wise
Description: Matthew 24:45
NET Translation: “Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other Slaves their food at the proper time?
DARBY Translation: Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?
KJV Translation: “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?”
Keywords: Gin
Description: Matthew 24:49
NET Translation: and he begins to beat his fellow Slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,
DARBY Translation: and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
KJV Translation: “And shall begin to smite” [his] “fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;”
Keywords: Called, Heaven, Kingdom, Man
Description: Matthew 25:14
NET Translation: “For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his Slaves and entrusted his property to them.
DARBY Translation: For [it is] as [if] a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.
KJV Translation: “For” [the kingdom of heaven is] “as a man travelling into a far country,” [who] “called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.”
Keywords: Time
Description: Matthew 25:19
NET Translation: After a long time, the master of those Slaves came and settled his accounts with them.
DARBY Translation: And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
KJV Translation: “After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.”
Keywords: Authority, King, Man, Son, Son of Man
Description: Mark 13:34
NET Translation: It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his Slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.
DARBY Translation: [it is] as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.
KJV Translation: [For the Son of man is] “as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”
Description: Luke 12:37
NET Translation: Blessed are those Slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
DARBY Translation: Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
KJV Translation: “Blessed” [are] “those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.”
Description: Luke 12:38
NET Translation: Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those Slaves!
DARBY Translation: And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
KJV Translation: “And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find” [them] “so, blessed are those servants.”
Keywords: Gin, Servant
Description: Luke 12:45
NET Translation: But if that slave should say to himself, ‘My master is delayed in returning,’ and he begins to beat the other Slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,
DARBY Translation: But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
KJV Translation: “But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;”
Description: Luke 15:22
NET Translation: But the father said to his Slaves, ‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!
DARBY Translation: But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
KJV Translation: “But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put” [it] “on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on” [his] “feet:”
Keywords: Called
Description: Luke 15:26
NET Translation: So he called one of the Slaves and asked what was happening.
DARBY Translation: And having called one of the servants, he inquired what these things might be.
KJV Translation: “And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.”
Keywords: Table, Wise
Description: Luke 17:10
NET Translation: So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are Slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”
DARBY Translation: Thus *ye* also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.
KJV Translation: “So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.”
Keywords: Called, Occupy
Description: Luke 19:13
NET Translation: And he summoned ten of his Slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’
DARBY Translation: And having called his own ten bondmen, he gave to them ten minas, and said to them, Trade while I am coming.
KJV Translation: “And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.”
Keywords: Called, Man, Might
Description: Luke 19:15
NET Translation: When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these Slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on his arrival back again, having received the kingdom, that he desired these bondmen to whom he gave the money to be called to him, in order that he might know what every one had gained by trading.
KJV Translation: “And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.”
Keywords: Son
Description: John 4:51
NET Translation: While he was on his way down, his Slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.
DARBY Translation: But already, as he was going down, his servants met him and brought [him] word saying, Thy child lives.
KJV Translation: And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told [him], saying, Thy son liveth.
Keywords: Bondage
Description: John 8:33
NET Translation: “We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have never been anyone’s Slaves! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
DARBY Translation: They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
KJV Translation: They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Keywords: Called, Servant
Description: John 15:15
NET Translation: I no longer call you Slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
DARBY Translation: I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.
KJV Translation: “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
Keywords: Fire, Peter
Description: John 18:18
NET Translation: (Now the Slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)
DARBY Translation: But the bondmen and officers, having made a fire of coals (for it was cold), stood and warmed themselves; and Peter was standing with them and warming himself.
KJV Translation: And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
Keywords: Ear, Garden, Man, Peter
Description: John 18:26
NET Translation: One of the high priest’s Slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the orchard with him?”
DARBY Translation: One of the bondmen of the high priest, who was kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
KJV Translation: One of the servants of the high priest, being [his] kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
Keywords: Bondage, Nation
Description: Acts 7:7
NET Translation: But I will punish the nation they serve as Slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.’
DARBY Translation: and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.
KJV Translation: And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Keywords: Obedience, Sin
Description: Romans 6:16
NET Translation: Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient Slaves, you are Slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
DARBY Translation: Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
KJV Translation: Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Keywords: Art, Doctrine, God, Heart
Description: Romans 6:17
NET Translation: But thanks be to God that though you were Slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,
DARBY Translation: But thanks [be] to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching into which ye were instructed.
KJV Translation: But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Description: Romans 6:19
NET Translation: (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as Slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as Slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
DARBY Translation: I speak humanly on account of the weakness of your flesh. For even as ye have yielded your members in bondage to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield your members in bondage to righteousness unto holiness.
KJV Translation: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Keywords: Free
Description: Romans 6:20
NET Translation: For when you were Slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
DARBY Translation: For when ye were bondmen of sin ye were free from righteousness.
KJV Translation: For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Description: 1 Corinthians 7:23
NET Translation: You were bought with a price. Do not become Slaves of men.
DARBY Translation: Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.
KJV Translation: Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Keywords: Jews, Spirit
Description: 1 Corinthians 12:13
NET Translation: For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or Slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.
DARBY Translation: For also in [the power of] one Spirit *we* have all been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or free, and have all been given to drink of one Spirit.
KJV Translation: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Keywords: Christ, Jesus, Preach
Description: 2 Corinthians 4:5
NET Translation: For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your Slaves for Jesus’ sake.
DARBY Translation: For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.
KJV Translation: For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Keywords: Exalt, Man, Mite
Description: 2 Corinthians 11:20
NET Translation: For you put up with it if someone makes Slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.
DARBY Translation: For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour [you], if any one get [your money], if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.
KJV Translation: For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour [you], if a man take [of you], if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Keywords: Christ, False, Liberty, Might
Description: Galatians 2:4
NET Translation: Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us Slaves.
DARBY Translation: and [it was] on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;
KJV Translation: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Keywords: Ear, Fear
Description: Ephesians 6:5
NET Translation: Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,
DARBY Translation: Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;
KJV Translation: Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Keywords: God
Description: Ephesians 6:6
NET Translation: not like those who do their work only when someone is watching—as people-pleasers—but as Slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
DARBY Translation: not with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from [the] soul,
KJV Translation: Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
Keywords: Earing, Master
Description: Ephesians 6:9
NET Translation: Masters, treat your Slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
DARBY Translation: And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.
KJV Translation: And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Keywords: Christ, Jesus, Paul, Saints
Description: Philippians 1:1
NET Translation: From Paul and Timothy, Slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
DARBY Translation: Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with [the] overseers and ministers;
KJV Translation: Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Keywords: Earing, Obey
Description: Colossians 3:22
NET Translation: Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching—like those who are strictly people-pleasers—but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
KJV Translation: Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Keywords: Master
Description: Colossians 4:1
NET Translation: Masters, treat your Slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
DARBY Translation: Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that *ye* also have a Master in [the] heavens.
KJV Translation: Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Keywords: Doctrine, God, Name, Yoke
Description: 1 Timothy 6:1
NET Translation: Those who are under the yoke as Slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited.
DARBY Translation: Let as many bondmen as are under yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the teaching be not blasphemed.
KJV Translation: Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.
Keywords: False, Women
Description: Titus 2:3
NET Translation: Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not Slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
DARBY Translation: that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;
KJV Translation: The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Description: Titus 2:9
NET Translation: Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,
DARBY Translation: bondmen to be subject to their own masters, to make themselves acceptable in everything; not gainsaying;
KJV Translation: [Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;
Keywords: Liberty, Sing
Description: 1 Peter 2:16
NET Translation: Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s Slaves.
DARBY Translation: as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
KJV Translation: As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Description: 1 Peter 2:18
NET Translation: Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.
DARBY Translation: Servants, [be] subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
KJV Translation: Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Keywords: Man, Promise
Description: 2 Peter 2:19
NET Translation: Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
DARBY Translation: promising them liberty, while they themselves are Slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
KJV Translation: While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Description: Revelation 18:13
NET Translation: cinnamon, spice, incense, perfumed ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil and costly flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, Slaves and human lives.
DARBY Translation: and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men.
KJV Translation: And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and Slaves, and souls of men.