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Brenton's Septuagint

Deuteronomy 22:20

But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel;

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;
Bible in Basic English
But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,
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:
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 And if any one should take a wife, and dwell with her, and hate her, 14 and attach to her reproachful words, and bring against her an evil name, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her I found not her tokens of virginity: 15 then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel’s tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate. 16 And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife; 17 and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with thy daughter; and these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man, and shall chastise him, 19 and shall fine him a hundred shekels, and shall give them to the father of the damsel, because he has brought forth an evil name against a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife: he shall never be able to put her away. 20 But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel; 21 then shall they bring out the damsel to the doors of her father’s house, and shall stone her with stones, and she shall die; because she has wrought folly among the children of Israel, to defile the house of her father by whoring: so thou shalt remove the evil one from among you. 22 And if a man be found lying with a woman married to a man, ye shall kill them both, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou remove the wicked one out of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 11:26
And Tharrha lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Arrhan.
Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nachor took to themselves wives, the name of the wife of Abram was Sara, and the name of the wife of Nachor, Malcha, daughter of Arrhan, and he was the father of Malcha, the father of Jescha.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of his master’s camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.
Genesis 24:15
And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, the wife of Nachor, and the same the brother of Abraam, came forth, having a water-pot on her shoulders.
Genesis 24:24
And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bathuel the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor.
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraam and the God of Nachor judge between us; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Proverbs 25:25
the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;

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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