| NETBible | But later 1 they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again. 2 |
| NASB © |
But afterward they turned around and took back the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection for male servants and for female servants. |
| HCSB | Afterwards, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again . |
| LEB | But afterwards, they changed their minds and took back the men and women they had freed and made them their slaves again. |
| NIV © |
But afterwards they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again. |
| ESV | But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves. |
| NRSV © |
But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them again into subjection as slaves. |
| REB | Afterwards, however, they changed their minds and forced back again into slavery the men and women whom they had freed. |
| NKJV © |
But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves. |
| KJV | 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. |
| KJV | But afterward <0310> they turned <07725> (8799)_, and caused the servants <05650> and the handmaids <08198>_, whom they had let go <07971> (8765) free <02670>_, to return <07725> (8686)_, and brought them into subjection <03533> (8799) (8675) <03533> (8686) for servants <05650> and for handmaids <08198>_. |
| NASB © |
But afterward <310> <3651> they turned <7725> around <7725> and took <7725> back <7725> the male <5650> servants <5650> and the female <8198> servants <8198> whom <834> they had set <7971> free <2670> , and brought <3533> them into subjection <3533> for male <5650> servants <5650> and for female <8198> servants .<8198> |
| LXXM | (41:11) kai <2532> CONJ ewsan <1439> V-PAPAS autouv <846> D-APM eiv <1519> PREP paidav <3816> N-APM kai <2532> CONJ paidiskav <3814> N-APF |
| NET [draft] ITL | But later <0310> they had changed their minds. They had taken back <07725> their male <05650> and female <08198> slaves <08198> <05650> that they had freed <02670> <07971> and forced <03533> them to be slaves <08198> <05650> |
| NETBible | But later 1 they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again. 2 |
| NET Notes |
1 sn Most commentators are agreed that the incident referred to here occurred during the period of relief from the siege provided by the Babylonians going off to fight against the Egyptians who were apparently coming to Zedekiah’s aid (compare vv. 21-22 with 37:5, 7). The freeing of the slaves had occurred earlier, under the crisis of the siege while the people were more responsive to the 2 tn Heb “they had brought them into subjection for male and female slaves.” However, the qualification of “male and female” is already clear from the preceding and is unnecessary to the English sentence. |