Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
- BSB So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
- NKJV The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”
- NASB So the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”
- NLT The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”
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- 1 Pet 5:5–6Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Eph 6:5–6Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
- Eph 5:21subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
- Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
- 1 Pet 2:18–25Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
- Eccl 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
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