Deuteronomy 22:16

THE MESSAGE

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.

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

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.

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Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 22:13
Abraham looked up. He saw a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Genesis 22:14
Abraham named that place God -Yireh ( God -Sees-to-It). That's where we get the saying, "On the mountain of God , he sees to it."

Jeremiah 51:14
God -of-the-Angel-Armies has solemnly sworn: "I'll fill this place with soldiers. They'll swarm through here like locusts chanting victory songs over you."

Amos 6:8
God , the Master, has sworn, and solemnly stands by his Word. The God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: "I hate the arrogance of Jacob. I have nothing but contempt for his forts. I'm about to hand over the city and everyone in it."

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.