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Deuteronomy 21:11

and thou seest in the noumbre of prisounneris a fair womman, and thou louest hir, and wole haue hir to wijf,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Concubinage;   Divorce;   Marriage;   Servant;   Thompson Chain Reference - Captives;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Husband;   Slave;   War;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Devote, Devoted;   War, Holy War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Concubine;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baldness;   Burial;   Concubine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Ethics;   Family;   Marriage;   Slave, Slavery;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Concubines;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Concubine;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Law in the Old Testament;   Relationships, Family;   Slave;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captives;   Commandments, the 613;   Intermarriage;   Saint and Saintliness;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
if you see a beautiful woman among the captives, desire her, and want to take her as your wife,
Hebrew Names Version
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;
King James Version
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
Lexham English Bible
and you see among the captives a woman beautiful in appearance, and you become attached to her and you want to take her as a wife,
English Standard Version
and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife,
New Century Version
If you see a beautiful woman among the captives and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.
New English Translation
if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,
Amplified Bible
and you see a beautiful woman among the captives, and desire her and would take her as your wife,
New American Standard Bible
and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and are strongly attracted to her and would take her as a wife for yourself,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And shalt see among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, & wouldest take her to thy wife,
Legacy Standard Bible
and see among the captives a beautiful woman and set your affection on her and would take her as a wife for yourself,
Contemporary English Version
One of these prisoners may be a beautiful woman, and you may want to marry her. But first you must bring her into your home, and have her shave her head, cut her nails, get rid of her foreign clothes, and start wearing Israelite clothes. She will mourn a month for her father and mother, then you can marry her.
Complete Jewish Bible
and you see among the prisoners a woman who looks good to you, and you feel attracted to her and want her as your wife;
Darby Translation
and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;
Easy-to-Read Version
You might see a beautiful woman among the captives who you want to be your wife.
George Lamsa Translation
And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire her, and would have her for yourself as a wife;
Good News Translation
you may see among them a beautiful woman that you like and want to marry.
Literal Translation
and you have seen in the captivity a woman of beautiful form, and you desire her, even to take her to you for a wife,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and seist amoge the captyues a bewtyfull woman, & hast a desyre vnto her to take her to thy wife,
American Standard Version
and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;
Bible in Basic English
If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, that thou wouldest haue her to thy wyfe:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;
King James Version (1611)
And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, that thou wouldest haue her to thy wife:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and shouldest see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and shouldest desire her, and take her to thyself for a wife,
English Revised Version
and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;
Berean Standard Bible
if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
Young's Literal Translation
and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife,
Update Bible Version
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;
Webster's Bible Translation
And [thou] seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire to her, that thou wouldest have her for thy wife:
World English Bible
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;
New King James Version
and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your wife,
New Living Translation
And suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her and want to marry her.
New Life Bible
and you see a beautiful woman and have a desire for her as a wife,
New Revised Standard
suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman whom you desire and want to marry,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and shalt see among the captives a woman of beautiful figure, - and shalt have a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,
Revised Standard Version
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have desire for her and would take her for yourself as wife,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire for her and would take her as a wife for yourself,

Contextual Overview

10 If thou goist out to batel ayens thin enemyes, that thi Lord God bitakith hem in thin hond, and thou ledist prisoneris, 11 and thou seest in the noumbre of prisounneris a fair womman, and thou louest hir, and wole haue hir to wijf, 12 thou schalt brynge hir in to thin hows; `which womman schal schaue the heer, and schal kitte the nailes aboute, and sche schal putte awei the clooth, 13 wher ynne sche was takun, and sche schal sitte in thin hows, and schal biwepe hir fadir and modir o monethe; and aftirward thou schalt entre to hir, and schalt sleepe with hir, and sche schal be thi wijf. 14 But if aftirward sche sittith not in thi soule, `that is, plesith not thi wille, thou schalt delyuere hir fre, nethir thou schalt mowe sille hir for money, nether oppresse bi power, for thou `madist hir lowe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

desire: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 29:18-20, Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Judges 14:2, Judges 14:3, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 31:10, Proverbs 31:30

that: Numbers 31:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:8 - who hath Isaiah 2:6 - and they Daniel 11:37 - the desire

Cross-References

Genesis 17:18
And he seide to the Lord, Y wolde that Ismael lyue bifore thee.
Genesis 21:1
Forsothe God visitide Sare, as he bihiyte, and fillide tho thingis, that he spak.
Genesis 21:2
And sche conseyuede, and childide a sone in hir eeld, in the tyme wherynne God biforseide to hir.
2 Samuel 18:33
Therfor the kyng was sory, and stiede in to the soler of the yate, and wepte, and spak thus goynge, My sone, Absolon! Absolon, my sone! who yyueth to me, that Y die for thee? Absolon, my sone! my sone, Absolon!
Matthew 10:37
He that loueth fadir or modir more than me, is not worthi to me. And he that loueth sone or douyter ouer me, is not worthi to me.
Hebrews 12:11
And ech chastisyng in present tyme semeth to be not of ioye, but of sorewe; but aftirward it schal yelde fruyt of riytwisnesse moost pesible to men exercisid bi it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman,.... Whether a virgin, wife, or widow, according to the Jewish writers, even though another man's wife; so Jarchi c, and Maimonides d; the marriages of Gentiles being reckoned by the Jews no marriages:

and hast a desire unto her; being captivated with her beauty; some understand this of the strength and rage of lust, but it rather signifies a passionate desire of enjoying her in a lawful way, as follows:

that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; to be married to her in a legal manner; for though it was not allowed the Israelites to marry any of the seven nations of Canaan, nor indeed with any of other nations continuing in their idolatry; yet they might marry such as became their captives and servants, and were wholly in their own power; and especially if proselytes to their religion, and which this fair captive was to become before marriage, as is by some gathered from the following things to be done by her; though after all, this was only a permission, because of the hardness of their hearts, as is said of divorce; and that such marriages were not very grateful to God appears, as some have observed, from the ceremonies used before marriage, to render her contemptible; and the easy dismission of her afterwards, according to the sense of some interpreters.

c Vid. T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 21. 2. d Hilchot Melachim, c. 8. sect. 3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 21:11. And seest - a beautiful woman — No forcible possession was allowed even in this case, when the woman was taken in war, and was, by the general consent of ancient nations, adjudged as a part of the spoils. The person to whose lot or share such a woman as is here described fell, might, if he chose, have her for a wife on certain conditions; but he was not permitted to use her under any inferior character.


 
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