11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.

Other Translations of Exodus 21:11

King James Version

11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

English Standard Version

11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

The Message

11 If he won't do any of these three things for her, she goes free, for nothing.

New King James Version

11 And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

New Living Translation

11 If he fails in any of these three obligations, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 21:11

Commentary on Exodus 21:1-11

(Read Exodus 21:1-11)

The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his glory, by the transgression of his precepts. Likewise in being made free, he was an emblem of that liberty wherewith Christ, the Son of God, makes free from bondage his people, who are free indeed; and made so freely, without money and without price, of free grace.