Deuteronomy 22:16

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.

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 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

¹³ If a man marries a girl and has sexual relations with her but then decides he does not like her, ¹⁴ he might talk badly about her and give her a bad name. He might say, "I married this woman, but when I had sexual relations with her, I did not find that she was a virgin." ¹⁵ Then the girl's parents must bring proof that she was a virgin to the elders at the city gate. ¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ This man has told lies about my daughter. He has said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin,' but here is the proof that my daughter was a virgin." Then her parents are to show the sheet to the elders of the city, ¹⁸ and the elders must take the man and punish him. ¹⁹ They must make him pay about two and one-half pounds of silver to the girl's father, because the man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. The girl will continue to be the man's wife, and he may not divorce her as long as he lives. ²⁰ But if the things the husband said about his wife are true, and there is no proof that she was a virgin, ²¹ the girl must be brought to the door of her father's house. Then the men of the town must put her to death by throwing stones at her. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by having sexual relations before she was married. You must get rid of the evil among you. ²² If a man is found having sexual relations with another man's wife, both the woman and the man who had sexual relations with her must die. Get rid of this evil from Israel.

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Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham looked up and saw a male sheep caught in a bush by its horns. So Abraham went and took the sheep and killed it. He offered it as a whole burnt offering to God, and his son was saved.

Genesis 22:14
So Abraham named that place The Lord Provides. Even today people say, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided."

Psalms 105:9
He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.

Isaiah 45:23
I will make a promise by my own power, and my promise is true; what I say will not be changed. I promise that everyone will bow before me and will promise to follow me.

Jeremiah 49:13
The Lord says, "I swear by my own name that the city of Bozrah will become a pile of ruins! People will be shocked by what happened there. They will insult that city and speak evil of it. And all the towns around it will become ruins forever."

Jeremiah 51:14
The Lord All-Powerful has promised in his own name: ‘Babylon, I will surely fill you with so many enemy soldiers they will be like a swarm of locusts. They will stand over you and shout their victory.'

Amos 6:8
The Lord God made this promise; the Lord God All-Powerful says: "I hate the pride of the Israelites, and I hate their strong buildings, so I will let the enemy take the city and everything in it."

Luke 1:73
God promised Abraham, our father,

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.