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Deuteronomy 22:16

Then the girl's father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he turned against her;

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Character;   Church;   Damages and Compensation;   Government;   Husband;   Slander;   Virgin;   The Topic Concordance - Execution;   Whoredom;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Divorce;   Fornication;   Husband;   Virgin;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Divorce;   Elder;   Family Life and Relations;   Lie, Lying;   Marriage;   Prostitution;   Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Wife;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   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 - Slander;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Calumny;   Divorce;   Proselyte;   Slander;   Woman, Rights of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The young woman’s father will say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he hates her.
Hebrew Names Version
and the young lady's father shall tell the Zakenim, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;
King James Version
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Lexham English Bible
And then the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he now dislikes her,
English Standard Version
And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to marry, and he hates her;
New Century Version
The girl's father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but now he does not want her.
New English Translation
The young woman's father must say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.
Amplified Bible
"The father of the young woman shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he hates her and has turned against her;
New American Standard Bible
"And the girl's father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he turned against her;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, and he hateth her:
Contemporary English Version
Her father will say, "I let my daughter marry this man, but he started hating her
Complete Jewish Bible
The girl's father will say to the leaders, ‘I let my daughter marry this man, but he hates her,
Darby Translation
and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man as wife, and he hates her;
Easy-to-Read Version
The girl's father must say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but now he does not want her.
George Lamsa Translation
And the damsels father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;
Good News Translation
Her father will say to them, ‘I gave my daughter to this man in marriage, and now he doesn't want her.
Literal Translation
And the girl's father shall say to the elders, I have given my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hates her.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye damsels father shal saie vnto ye Elders: I gaue this man my doughter to wyfe. Now hateth he her,
American Standard Version
and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Bible in Basic English
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;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the damsels father shall say vnto the elders: I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wyfe, and he hateth her,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders: 'I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
King James Version (1611)
And the damosels father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, & he hateth her:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife;
English Revised Version
and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Berean Standard Bible
and say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the fadir schal seie, Y yaf my douytir wijf to this man, and for he hatith hir, he puttith to hir `the werste name,
Young's Literal Translation
and the father of the damsel hath said unto the elders, My daughter I have given to this man for a wife, and he doth hate her;
Update Bible Version
and the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man as wife, and he hates her;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hateth her,
World English Bible
and the young lady's father shall tell the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;
New King James Version
And the young woman's father shall say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man as wife, and he detests her.
New Living Translation
Her father must say to them, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he has turned against her.
New Life Bible
The girl's father will say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for a wife. But he turned against her.
New Revised Standard
The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man but he dislikes her;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the father of the damsel shall say unto the elders, - My daughter, gave I unto this man to wife and he hated her;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,
Revised Standard Version
and the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he spurns her;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The girl's father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, but he turned against her;

Contextual Overview

13"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her, 14and charges her with shameful deeds and brings forth against her a bad name and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,' 15then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. 16Then the girl's father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he turned against her; 17and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, "I did not find your daughter a virgin." But this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. 18So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him, 19and they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl's father because he brought forth a bad name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days. 20"But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin, 21then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her, and she will die because she has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you. 22"If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation,And I will bless you,And make your name great;And so you shall be a blessing;
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there was a ram after it had been caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide, as it is said this day, "In the mount of Yahweh it will be provided."
Psalms 105:9
Which He cut with Abraham,And His oath to Isaac.
Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by Myself,The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousnessAnd will not turn back,That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.
Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by Myself," declares Yahweh, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin, and an imprecation; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."
Jeremiah 51:14
Yahweh of hosts has sworn by Himself:"Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts,And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you."
Amos 6:8
Lord Yahweh has sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:"I abhor the lofty pride of JacobAnd hate his citadels;Therefore I will deliver up the city as well as its fullness."
Luke 1:73
The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders,.... Not her mother; hence we learn, says Jarchi, that a woman has not power (or is not allowed) to speak before men; that is, in public see 1 Corinthians 14:34 and it was most proper for a father to appear in court for her, and defend her; and if she had no parents living then, those that brought her up, her guardians, that had the education of her, and placing her out in marriage, were to undertake her cause; or, as Josephus r says, those that were next akin to her; or, as, Aben Ezra, one appointed by the court:

I gave my daughter unto this man to wife; and, by the Jewish canons s, a man might give his daughter in marriage, but a woman might not:

and he hateth her; has taken a dislike to her, and wants to be rid of her, and therefore has brought this infamous action against her.

r Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 23. s Misn. Sotah, c. 3. sect. 8.


 
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