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Deuteronomy 22:20

But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Church;   Government;   Husband;   Virgin;   The Topic Concordance - Execution;   Whoredom;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Execution;   Fornication;   Marriage;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Marriage;   Prostitution;   Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fornication;   Wife;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Court Systems;   Crimes and Punishments;   Elder;   Hate, Hatred;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Leviticus;   Marriage;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Divorce in Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Marriage;   Proselyte;   Slander;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But if this accusation is true and no evidence of the young woman’s virginity is found,
Hebrew Names Version
But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;
King James Version
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
Lexham English Bible
"But if this charge was true, and the signs of virginity were not found for the young woman,
English Standard Version
But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman,
New Century Version
But if the things the husband said about his wife are true, and there is no proof that she was a virgin,
New English Translation
But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,
Amplified Bible
"But if this charge is true that the evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman,
New American Standard Bible
"But if this charge is true, and they did not find the girl to have evidence of virginity,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine,
Legacy Standard Bible
"But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin,
Contemporary English Version
But if the man was right and there is no proof that his bride was a virgin,
Complete Jewish Bible
"But if the charge is substantiated that evidence for the girl's virginity could not be found;
Darby Translation
But if this thing is true, [and] virginity hath not been found with the damsel;
Easy-to-Read Version
"But what the husband said about his wife might be true. The wife's parents might not have the proof that she was a virgin. If this happens,
George Lamsa Translation
But if this thing is true, and the tokens of virginity are not found for the damsel;
Good News Translation
"But if the charge is true and there is no proof that she was a virgin,
Literal Translation
But if this thing is true that tokens of virginity have not been found for the girl,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf it be of a trueth, that the damsell is not founde a virgin,
American Standard Version
But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But and yf the thyng be of a suretie that the damsell be not founde a virgin:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
King James Version (1611)
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginitie be not found for the damosel:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel;
English Revised Version
But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel:
Berean Standard Bible
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman's virginity is found,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if it is soth, that he puttith ayens hir, and virgynyte is not foundun in the damysel, thei schulen caste hir `out of `the yatis of
Young's Literal Translation
`And if this thing hath been truth -- tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel --
Update Bible Version
But if this thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
Webster's Bible Translation
But if this thing shall be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be not found for the damsel:
World English Bible
But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;
New King James Version
"But if the thing is true, and evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman,
New Living Translation
"But suppose the man's accusations are true, and he can show that she was not a virgin.
New Life Bible
But if it is true that the girl was found to have had another man,
New Revised Standard
If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman's virginity was not found,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found with the damsel,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if what he charged her with be true, and virginity be not found in the damsel:
Revised Standard Version
But if the thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young woman,
THE MESSAGE
But if it turns out that the accusation is true and there is no evidence of the girl's virginity, the men of the town are to take her to the door of her father's house and stone her to death. She acted disgracefully in Israel. She lived like a whore while still in her parents' home. Purge the evil from among you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin,

Contextual Overview

13 If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her, 14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin: 15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin: 16 And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her; 17 And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town. 18 Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment; 19 They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life. 20 But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin, 21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you. 22 If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 11:26
And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
Genesis 24:15
And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.
Genesis 24:24
And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Proverbs 25:25
As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if this thing be true,.... Which the husband of the damsel laid to her charge, that she was no virgin when married to him, and she had committed whoredom, of which there was plain proof:

and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel; by her parents, or those who had the care of her; or no sufficient reason could be assigned for the want of them, through any family defect, or any disorder of her own; which, as Maimonides z says, the judges were to inquire into.

z Hilchot Ishot, c. 11. sect. 12.


 
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