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Deuteronomy 22:16

The girl's father will say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for 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:
Legacy Standard Bible
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;
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 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 a man takes a wife and goes in to her and decides he does not like her, 14 and says that she did sinful acts and puts her to shame before others and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I found that she had been with another man,' 15 then the girl's father and mother should bring what is needed to prove she has not been with another man to the leaders of the city at the gate. 16 The girl's father will say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for a wife. But he turned against her. 17 He said she has done sinful acts, saying, "I found that your daughter has been with another man." But I brought what will prove that my daughter has not been with another man.' And they will spread the clothing in front of the leaders of the city. 18 Then the leaders of that city will take the man and punish him. 19 They will make him pay a hundred pieces of silver and give it to the girl's father, because he has put to shame the name of an Israelite girl who has not had a man. She will still be his wife. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives. 20 But if it is true that the girl was found to have had another man, 21 then they will bring the girl to the door of her father's house. There the men of her city will kill her with stones, because she has done a foolish act in Israel by acting in her father's house like a woman who sells the use of her body. So you will get rid of the sin from among you. 22 "If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them must die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you will get rid of the sin from Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham looked and saw a ram behind him, with his horns caught in the bushes. Abraham went and took the ram, and gave him as a burnt gift instead of his son.
Genesis 22:14
Abraham gave that place the name "The Lord will give us what we need." And it is said to this day, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be given."
Psalms 105:9
the agreement that He made with Abraham, and His promise to Isaac.
Isaiah 45:23
By Myself I have sworn. The Word has gone out from My mouth in truth, and will not turn back: ‘Every knee will bow down before Me. And every tongue will say that I am God.'
Jeremiah 49:13
For I have promised by Myself," says the Lord, "that Bozrah will become an object of trouble, a shame, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be destroyed forever."
Jeremiah 51:14
The Lord of All has promised by Himself, saying, "For sure I will fill you with men, as with many locusts. And they will call out that they have won the war against you."
Amos 6:8
The Lord God has promised by Himself. The Lord God of All has said, "I hate the pride of Jacob, and I hate his strong-places, so I will give up the city and everything in it."
Luke 1:73
God promised this to our early father Abraham.

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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