Deuteronomy 22:20

New Life Version

But if it is true that the girl was found to have had another man,

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:

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 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 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.

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Cross-References

Genesis 11:26
When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Genesis 11:29
Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai. The name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran. Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left. He took with him all kinds of gifts from Abraham. Then he went to the city of Nahor in Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished speaking, Rebekah came out, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham. She had a jar on her shoulder.

Genesis 24:24
She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor."

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob promised by the fear of his father Isaac.

Proverbs 25:25
Good news from a land far away is like cold water to a tired soul.

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.