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Deuteronomy 22:17

Deuteronomy chapter 22 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

Context

v.16and the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

v.17This passage

v.18And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;