Deuteronomy 22:20

The NET Bible®

But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

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,

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

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 Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her, ¹⁴ accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying, "I married this woman but when I had sexual relations with her I discovered she was not a virgin!" ¹⁵ Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate. ¹⁶ The young woman's father must say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her. ¹⁷ Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,' but this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity!" The cloth must then be spread out before the city's elders. ¹⁸ The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him. ¹⁹ They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives. ²⁰ But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin, ²¹ the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father's house. In this way you will purge evil from among you. ²² If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

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Cross-References

Genesis 11:26
When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor).

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

Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us." Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.

Proverbs 25:25
Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land.

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.