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.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SlanderDamages and CompensationWifeVirginHusbandVirgin, VirginityElder in the Old TestamentGatesCourtMaid; Maiden
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).