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Literal Standard Version

Deuteronomy 22:27

for he found her in a field, [and when] she has cried—the girl who is betrothed—then she has no savior.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Church;   Rape;   Seduction;   Women;   The Topic Concordance - Execution;   Sexual Activities;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Woman;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Fornication;   Marriage;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fornication;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Betrothal;   Capital Punishment;   Crimes and Punishments;   Rape;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   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 - Crime;   Law in the Old Testament;   Seduce;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Crime;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he found her in the field, the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.
Hebrew Names Version
for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was none to save her.
King James Version
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
Lexham English Bible
for he found her in the field, the engaged young woman cried out, but there was no rescuer to help her.
English Standard Version
because he met her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.
New Century Version
the man found the engaged girl in the country and she screamed, but no one was there to save her.
New English Translation
for the man met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.
Amplified Bible
When he found her in the [open] field, the engaged girl [may have] cried out for help, but there was no one to [hear and] save her.
New American Standard Bible
"When he found her in the field, the betrothed girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For he found her in the fieldes: the betrothed mayde cryed, and there was no man to succour her.
Legacy Standard Bible
When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.
Contemporary English Version
because the woman was alone out in the country when the man attacked her. She screamed, but there was no one to help her.
Complete Jewish Bible
For he found her in the countryside, and the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.
Darby Translation
for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.
Easy-to-Read Version
The man found the engaged girl out in the field and attacked her. Maybe she called for help, but there was no one to help her.
George Lamsa Translation
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried for help, and there was no one to save her.
Good News Translation
The man raped the engaged woman in the countryside, and although she cried for help, there was no one to help her.
Literal Translation
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed girl cried out, but no one saved her.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For he founde her in the felde, and the handfested damsell cryed, and there was no man to helpe her.
American Standard Version
for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
Bible in Basic English
For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he found her in the fieldes: and the betrouthed damsell cryed, & there was no man to succour her.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
King James Version (1611)
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damosel cried, and there was none to saue her.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
because he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to help her.
English Revised Version
for he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
Berean Standard Bible
When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sche criede, and noon was present, that schulde delyuer hir.
Young's Literal Translation
for in a field he found her, she hath cried -- the damsel who is betrothed -- and she hath no saviour.
Update Bible Version
for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he found her in the field, [and] the betrothed damsel cried, and [there was] none to save her.
World English Bible
for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was none to save her.
New King James Version
For he found her in the countryside, and the betrothed young woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
New Living Translation
Since the man raped her out in the country, it must be assumed that she screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.
New Life Bible
When he found her in the field, the girl promised in marriage cried out. But there was no one to save her.
New Revised Standard
Since he found her in the open country, the engaged woman may have cried for help, but there was no one to rescue her.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for in the field, he found her, - the betrothed damsel, made an outcry, and there was none to save her.
Douay-Rheims Bible
She was alone in the field: she cried, and there was no man to help her.
Revised Standard Version
because he came upon her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.

Contextual Overview

13When a man takes a wife, and has gone in to her, and hated her, 14and laid evil deeds of words against her, and brought out an evil name against her, and said, I have taken this woman, and I draw near to her, and I have not found proofs of virginity in her; 15then the father of the girl, and her mother, have taken and brought out the girl's proofs of virginity to [the] elderly of the city in the gate, 16and the father of the girl has said to the elderly, I have given my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hates her; 17and behold, he has laid evil deeds of words, saying, I have not found proofs of virginity for your daughter—and these [are] the proofs of virginity of my daughter! And they have spread out the garment before [the] elderly of the city. 18And [the] elderly of that city have taken the man, and discipline him, 19and fined him one hundred pieces of silver, and given [them] to the father of the girl, because he has brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel; and she is to him for a wife—he is not able to send her away [for] all his days. 20And if this thing has been truth—proofs of virginity have not been found for the girl— 21then they have brought out the girl to the opening of her father's house, and the men of her city have stoned her with stones and she has died, for she has done folly in Israel, to go whoring [in] her father's house; and you have put away evil out of your midst. 22When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them have died—the man who is lying with the woman, and the woman; and you have put away evil out of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cried: 1 Corinthians 13:7

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:6 - and they two Romans 7:24 - who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he found her in the field,.... Which is a circumstance in her favour, from which it might he presumed that she was forced, and did not consent; for had the sin been committed by agreement, they would doubtless have betook themselves to another place: and the betrothed damsel cried as it might be concluded from the above circumstance she did, and as she herself declared, and which he could not gainsay, or however disprove:

and there was none to save her; to help her against him, and deliver her out of his hands.


 
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