Deuteronomy 24:2
What does Deuteronomy 24:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 24:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And she shall depart out of his house, and go away, and may become another man's wife.
Context
v.1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
v.2This passage
v.3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 10:11
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
- Ezekiel 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
- Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
- Numbers 30:9
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
- Matthew 5:32
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
- Leviticus 21:14
A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.
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