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Hebrew Names Version

Deuteronomy 22:20

But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;

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,
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:
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 take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her, 14 and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity; 15 then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity to the Zakenim of the city in the gate; 16 and the young lady's father shall tell the Zakenim, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her; 17 and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the Zakenim of the city. 18 The Zakenim of that city shall take the man and chastise him; 19 and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Yisra'el: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. 20 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady; 21 then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Yisra'el, to play the prostitute in her father's house: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you. 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Yisra'el.

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Cross-References

Genesis 11:26
Terach lived seventy years, and became the father of Avram, Nachor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:29
Avram and Nachor took wives. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Yiskah.
Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having all goodly things of his master's in his hand. He arose, and went to Aram-Naharayim, to the city of Nachor.
Genesis 24:15
It happened, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rivka came out, who was born to Betu'el the son of Milkah, the wife of Nachor, Avraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
Genesis 24:24
She said to him, "I am the daughter of Betu'el the son of Milkah, whom she bore to Nachor."
Genesis 31:53
The God of Avraham, and the God of Nachor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Ya`akov swore by the fear of his father, Yitzchak.
Proverbs 25:25
Like cold water to a thirsty 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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