Genesis 24:8

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

Darby Translation ☆

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath; only bring not my son back thither again.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Neuertheles if the woman wil not follow thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

But if the woman should not be willing to follow thee, then shalt, thou be clear from this my oath: only my son thou shalt not bring thither again.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son back thither.'

King James Version ☆

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And if the woman should not be willing to come with you into this land, you shall be clear from my oath, only carry not my son there again.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And if the woman should not be willing to come with you into this land, you shall be clear from my oath, only carry not my son there again.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

Webster Bible ☆

And if the woman shall not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

But if the woman is not willing to come with you, then you will be free from this promise to me; only never take my son back there.’

Open English Bible (US) ☆

But if the woman is not willing to come with you, then you will be free from this promise to me; only never take my son back there.”

Revised Version ☆

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And if the woman be not willing to come after thee, thou shalt be absolved from this my oath; only cause not my son to return thither.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

World English Bible ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

thou schalt not be holdun bi the ooth; netheles lede not ayen my sone thidur.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

But if the isha will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be released from this my shevu'ah (oath): only do not bring back beni there.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَإِنْ لَمْ تَشَإِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ أَنْ تَتْبَعَكَ، تَبَرَّأْتَ مِنْ حَلْفِي هَذَا. أَمَّا ٱبْنِي فَلَا تَرْجِعْ بِهِ إِلَى هُنَاكَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အ​ကယ်​၍​အ​မျိုး​သ​မီး​က​သင်​နှင့်​အ​တူ​မ​လိုက် လို​ပါ​က​သင်​ထား​သော​ကတိ​သစ္စာ​သည်​ပျက်​ပြယ် စေ။ သို့​ရာ​တွင်​မည်​သည့်​အ​ကြောင်း​ကြောင့်​မ​ဆို ငါ့​သား​ကို​ထို​ပြည်​သို့​ခေါ်​ဆောင်​၍​မ​သွား​ရ'' ဟု​ဆို​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိန်းမ သည်သင် နှင့်အတူ မ လိုက် လို လျှင် ၊ သင် သည်၊ ယခုငါ ပေးသောကျိန်ဆို ခြင်းနှင့် ကင်းလွတ် စေ။ ငါ့ သား ကို ထို ပြည်သို့ ခေါ် ၍ မ သွားနှင့်ဟုဆိုပြီးမှ၊

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Nongpata mah na hnukah bang han koeh ai nahaeloe, ka lokkamhaih thung hoiah na loih tih; toe ka capa to to ahmuen ah caeh haih let hmah, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Tedae huta loh nang taengah lo ham a huem pawt atah ka olhlo dong lamloh m'hmil saeh. Tedae ka capa te ke la khuen boeh,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Tedae huta loh nang taengah lo ham a huem pawt atah ka olhlo dong lamloh m'hmil saeh. Tedae ka capa te ke la khuen boeh,” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

倘若女子不肯跟你来，我使你起的誓就与你无干了，只是不可带我的儿子回那里去。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

倘若女子不肯跟你來，我使你起的誓就與你無干了，只是不可帶我的兒子回那裏去。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

如果那女子不愿意跟你来，你就可以脱离向我所起的这个誓；只是不可把我的儿子带回那里去。”

Croatian Bible ☆

A ako žena ne bude htjela za tobom poći, ti ćeš biti oslobođen od ove moje zakletve; ali moga sina onamo ne vodi!”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Jestliže by pak žena ta nechtěla jíti s tebou, svoboden budeš od této přísahy mé; toliko syna mého neuvoď tam zase.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

men hvis Pigen ikke vil følge dig, så er du løst fra Eden til mig; men i intet Tilfælde må du bringe min Søn tilbage dertil!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Maar indien de vrouw u niet volgen wil, zo zult gij rein zijn van dezen mijn eed; alleenlijk breng mijn zoon daar niet weder heen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Mocht die vrouw u niet willen volgen, dan verplicht mijn eed u niet langer; maar in geen geval moogt ge mijn zoon daar terugbrengen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj se la virino ne volos iri kun vi, tiam vi fariĝos libera de ĉi tiu mia ĵuro; nur mian filon ne revenigu tien.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et si la femme ne veut pas te suivre, alors tu seras quitte envers moi de ce serment ; seulement, tu ne feras pas retourner là mon fils.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Que si la femme ne veut pas te suivre, tu seras quitte de ce serment que je te fais faire. Quoi qu'il en soit, n'y ramène point mon fils.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Si la femme ne veut pas te suivre, tu seras dégagé de ce serment que je te fais faire. Seulement, tu n’y mèneras pas mon fils.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Si la femme ne veut pas te suivre, alors tu seras dégagé de ce serment que tu me fais. Seulement, tu n'y ramèneras pas mon fils. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wenn aber das Weib dir nicht folgen will, so bist du dieses meines Eides ledig; nur sollst du meinen Sohn nicht dorthin zurückbringen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

So aber das Weib dir nicht folgen will, so bist du dieses Eides quitt. Allein bringe meinen Sohn nicht wieder dorthin.

German Textbibel ☆

Und wenn das Weib nicht willens sein sollte, dir zu folgen, so bist du dieses Eides quitt; keinesfalls aber darfst du meinen Sohn dorthin zurückbringen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wenn das Weib dir aber nicht folgen will, so bist du entbunden von dem Eid, den du mir geschworen hast; nur bring meinen Sohn nicht wieder dorthin!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃ ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καθαρὸς ἔσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅρκου μου· μόνον τὸν υἱόν μου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἐκεῖ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃ ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καθαρὸς ἔσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅρκου μου· μόνον τὸν υἱόν μου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἐκεῖ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Si madanm lan pa vle vin avè ou, w'a konnen ou kit ak sèman ou te fè m' lan. Sèlman, nenpòt jan, pa mennen pitit gason m' lan laba a.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

A i makemake ole ka wahine e hahai mai ia oe, alaila e hala ole oe i keia hoohiki ana no'u: aka, mai kai aku oe i ka'u keiki ilaila.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְאִם־לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְנִקִּ֕יתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י זֹ֑את רַ֣ק אֶת־בְּנִ֔י לֹ֥א תָשֵׁ֖ב שָֽׁמָּה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואם לא תאבה האשה ללכת אחריך ונקית משבעתי זאת רק את בני לא תשב שמה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E se non aggrada alla donna di venir dietro a te, tu sarai sciolto di questo giuramento che io ti fo fare; sol non rimenar là il mio figliuolo.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E se la donna non vorrà seguirti, allora sarai sciolto da questo giuramento che ti faccio fare; soltanto, non ricondurre colà il mio figliuolo”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

もしその女の人があなたについて来ることを望まないなら、あなたはこの私への誓いから解かれる。ただ、私の息子をあそこへ連れ戻してはならない。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

만일 여자가 너를 좇아 오고자 아니하면 나의 이 맹세가 너와 상관이 없나니 오직 내 아들을 데리고 그리로 가지 말지니라'

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mutan sac fin tia lungse wi kom tuku, na kom sukosok liki wulela se inge. Tusruktu ac fah wangin kutena sripa ac pwanang kom in folokunla wen nutik uh nu we.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

sin autem mulier noluerit sequi te, non teneberis juramento: filium meum tantum ne reducas illuc.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

اما اگر آن زن از آمدن با تو رضا ندهد، از این قسم من، بری خواهی بود، لیکن زنهار، پسر مرابدانجا باز نبری.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Se a mulher não estiver disposta a segui-lo, então você estará livre deste juramento feito a mim. Apenas não leve o meu filho para lá novamente.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E se a mulher não quiser vir atrás de ti, serás livre deste meu juramento; somente que não faças voltar ali a meu filho.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi dacă femeia nu va voi să te urmeze, atunci vei fi eliberat de acest jurământ al meu, numai nu duce pe fiul meu înapoi acolo.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дакэ фемея ну ва вря сэ те урмезе, вей фи дезлегат де журэмынтул ачеста пе каре те пун сэ-л фачь. Ку ничун кип сэ ну дучь ынсэ аколо пе фиул меу.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

если же не захочет женщина идти с тобою в землю сию, ты будешь свободен от сей клятвы моей; только сына моего не возвращай туда.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ako li devojka ne htedbude poći s tobom, onda da ti je prosta zakletva moja; samo sina mog nemoj odvesti onamo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ако ли девојка не хтедбуде поћи с тобом, онда да ти је проста заклетва моја; само сина мог немој одвести онамо.

Mashi Bible ☆

Akabà oyo mukazi arhalonzizi okukushimba, orhacife n’ecihango, ci orhahîraga okashubiza mugala wâni eyo munda».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y si la mujer no quisiere venir en pos de ti, serás libre de este mi juramento; solamente que no vuelvas allá á mi hijo.

Spanish BLL ☆

Si la mujer no quiere seguirte, quedarás libre de este juramento. Pero por ningún motivo lleves allá a mi hijo”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y si la mujer no quisiere venir contigo, quedarás libre de este mi juramento; solamente que no lleves allá a mi hijo”.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y si la mujer no quiere venir contigo, entonces eres libre de este juramento; solo no lleves a mi hijo allá.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Si la mujer no consiente en venir contigo, entonces quedarás desligado de mi juramento, pero no hagas que mi hijo vaya allá.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea kapau ʻe ʻikai loto ʻae fefine ke haʻu mo koe, te ke ʻataʻatā ai mei he ʻe ta fuakava ni: kaeʻoua naʻa ke toe ʻave hoku foha ki ai.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Коли ж би не схотїла молодиця пійти за тобою, чист будеш од закляття мого; тільки сина мого не вертай туди.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Коли ж би не схотїла молодиця пійти за тобою, чист будеш од закляття мого; тільки сина мого не вертай туди.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Nếu người con gái không khứng theo, thì ngươi sẽ khỏi mắc lời của ta biểu ngươi thề; mà dẫu thế nào đi nữa, chớ đem con ta về chốn đó.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְאִם־לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְנִקִּ֕יתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י זֹ֑את רַ֣ק אֶת־בְּנִ֔י לֹ֥א תָשֵׁ֖ב שָֽׁמָּה׃