Deuteronomy 22:23
What does Deuteronomy 22:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 22:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
KJV
King James Version · 1611If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,
Context
v.22If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.
v.23This passage
v.24then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor’s wife: so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 20:7
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
- Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
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