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Deuteronomy 22:16

The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man but he dislikes her;

Bible Study Resources

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 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.
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 Suppose a man marries a woman, but after going in to her, he dislikes her 14 and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, "I married this woman; but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity." 15 The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. 16 The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man but he dislikes her; 17 now he has made up charges against her, saying, ‘I did not find evidence of your daughter's virginity.' But here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity." Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town. 18 The elders of that town shall take the man and punish him; 19 they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the young woman's father) because he has slandered a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife; he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives. 20 If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman's virginity was not found, 21 then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father's house and the men of her town shall stone her to death, because she committed a disgraceful act in Israel by prostituting herself in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. 22 If a man is caught lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman as well as the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 22:13
And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham called that place "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
Psalms 105:9
the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
Isaiah 45:23
By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: "To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear."
Jeremiah 49:13
For by myself I have sworn, says the Lord , that Bozrah shall become an object of horror and ridicule, a waste, and an object of cursing; and all her towns shall be perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah 51:14
The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with troops like a swarm of locusts, and they shall raise a shout of victory over you.
Amos 6:8
The Lord God has sworn by himself (says the Lord , the God of hosts): I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds; and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.
Luke 1:73
the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham, to grant us

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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