Deuteronomy 22:13

THE MESSAGE

If a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then turns on her, calling her a slut, giving her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman, but when I slept with her I discovered she wasn't a virgin," then the father and mother of the girl are to take her with the proof of her virginity to the town leaders at the gate. The father is to tell the leaders, "I gave my daughter to this man as wife and he turned on her, rejecting her. And now he has slanderously accused her, claiming that she wasn't a virgin. But look at this, here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." And then he is to spread out her bloodstained wedding garment before the leaders for their examination. The town leaders then are to take the husband, whip him, fine him a hundred pieces of silver, and give it to the father of the girl. The man gave a virgin girl of Israel a bad name. He has to keep her as his wife and can never divorce her.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and comes to hate her,

Hebrew Names Version
If any man take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her,

King James Version
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

Lexham English Bible
"If a man takes a woman and he has sex with her, but he then dislikes her,

English Standard Version
"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her

New Century Version
If a man marries a girl and has sexual relations with her but then decides he does not like her,

New English Translation
Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her,

Amplified Bible
"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then scorns and hates her,

New American Standard Bible
"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,

Geneva Bible (1587)
If a man take a wife, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

Legacy Standard Bible
"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,

Contemporary English Version
Moses said to Israel: Suppose a man starts hating his wife soon after they are married.

Complete Jewish Bible
"If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her and then, having come to dislike her,

Darby Translation
If a man take a wife, and go in unto her and hate her,

Easy-to-Read Version
"A man might marry a woman and have sexual relations with her. Then he might decide that he does not like her.

George Lamsa Translation
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and then hate her,

Good News Translation
"Suppose a man marries a young woman and later he decides he doesn't want her.

Literal Translation
If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a man take a wife, and hate her whan he hath lyen with her,

American Standard Version
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

Bible in Basic English
If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If a man take a wyfe, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

King James Version (1611)
If any man take a wife, and go in vnto her, and hate her,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if any one should take a wife, and dwell with her, and hate her,

English Revised Version
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

Berean Standard Bible
Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If a man weddith a wijf, and aftirward hatith hir,

Young's Literal Translation
`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her,

Update Bible Version
If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her,

Webster's Bible Translation
If any man shall take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her,

World English Bible
If any man take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her,

New King James Version
"If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests her,

New Living Translation
"Suppose a man marries a woman, but after sleeping with her, he turns against her

New Life Bible
"If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and decides he does not like her,

New Revised Standard
Suppose a man marries a woman, but after going in to her, he dislikes her

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When a man taketh a wife, - and goeth in unto her and hateth her;

Douay-Rheims Bible
If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her,

Revised Standard Version
"If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and then spurns her,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,

Contextual Overview

¹³If a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then turns on her, calling her a slut, giving her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman, but when I slept with her I discovered she wasn't a virgin," then the father and mother of the girl are to take her with the proof of her virginity to the town leaders at the gate. The father is to tell the leaders, "I gave my daughter to this man as wife and he turned on her, rejecting her. And now he has slanderously accused her, claiming that she wasn't a virgin. But look at this, here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." And then he is to spread out her bloodstained wedding garment before the leaders for their examination. The town leaders then are to take the husband, whip him, fine him a hundred pieces of silver, and give it to the father of the girl. The man gave a virgin girl of Israel a bad name. He has to keep her as his wife and can never divorce her. ²⁰But 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. ²² If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both must die. Purge that evil from Israel. ²³If a man comes upon a virgin in town, a girl who is engaged to another man, and sleeps with her, take both of them to the town gate and stone them until they die—the girl because she didn't yell out for help in the town and the man because he raped her, violating the fiancée of his neighbor. You must purge the evil from among you. ²⁵But if it was out in the country that the man found the engaged girl and grabbed and raped her, only the man is to die, the man who raped her. Don't do anything to the girl; she did nothing wrong. This is similar to the case of a man who comes across his neighbor out in the country and murders him; when the engaged girl yelled out for help, there was no one around to hear or help her. ²⁸When a man comes upon a virgin who has never been engaged and grabs and rapes her and they are found out, the man who raped her has to give her father fifty pieces of silver. He has to marry her because he took advantage of her. And he can never divorce her. ³⁰ A man may not marry his father's ex-wife—that would violate his father's rights.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 29:21, Genesis 29:23, Genesis 29:31, Judges 15:1, Judges 15:2, Ephesians 5:28, Ephesians 5:29

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:1 - hath taken

Cross-References

Genesis 22:6
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to Isaac his son to carry. He carried the flint and the knife. The two of them went off together.

Genesis 22:7
Isaac said to Abraham his father, "Father?" "Yes, my son." "We have flint and wood, but where's the sheep for the burnt offering?"

Genesis 22:8
Abraham said, "Son, God will see to it that there's a sheep for the burnt offering." And they kept on walking together.

Genesis 22:9
They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.

Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham went back to his young servants. They got things together and returned to Beersheba. Abraham settled down in Beersheba.

Genesis 22:20
After all this, Abraham got the news: "Your brother Nahor is a father! Milcah has given him children: Uz, his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (he was the father of Aram), Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." (Bethuel was the father of Rebekah.) Milcah gave these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

1 Corinthians 10:13
No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her. That is, marries a wife, and cohabits with her as man and wife, and after some time dislikes her, and is desirous of parting with her, and therefore takes the following wicked method to obtain it: this is to be understood of a virgin taken to wife, as the Targum of Jonathan explains it; and what follows confirms it.