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Marriage Violations

Deuteronomy 22:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
KJV
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
WEB
then the young lady’s father and mother shall take and bring the tokens of the young lady’s virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.
ASV
then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;
LSV
then the father of the girl, and her mother, have taken and brought out the girl’s proofs of virginity to [the] elderly of the city in the gate,
YLT
'Then hath the father of the damsel — and her mother — taken and brought out the tokens of virginity of the damsel unto the elders of the city in the gate,
DBY
then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;
DRC
Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate:
GNV
Then shall the father of the mayde and her mother take and bring the signes of the maydes virginitie vnto the Elders of the citie to the gate.
JPS
then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate.
LXXE
then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
  • Leningrad Codex reads הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖; read aloud (Qere) reads הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה (“the young woman”).
  • Written (Ketiv): הַנַּעַר. Read aloud (Qere): הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה (“the young woman”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
  • Leningrad Codex reads הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛; read aloud (Qere) reads הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛ה (“the young woman”).
  • Written (Ketiv): הַנַּעַר. Read aloud (Qere): הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛ה (“the young woman”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְלָקַ֛ח אֲבִ֥י הנער וְאִמָּ֑הּ וְהוֹצִ֜יאוּ אֶת־בְּתוּלֵ֧י הנער אֶל־זִקְנֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃Read aloud as (qere): הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הRead aloud as (qere): הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛ה
LXX-Br
Καὶ λαβὼν ὁ πατὴρ τῆς παιδὸς καὶ ἡ μήτηρ ἐξοίσουσι τὰ παρθένια τῆς παιδὸς πρὸς τὴν γερουσίαν ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην.

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