Marriage Violations
Deuteronomy 22:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
- KJV
- But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
- WEB
- But if this thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady,
- ASV
- But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
- LSV
- And if this thing has been truth—proofs of virginity have not been found for the girl—
- YLT
- 'And if this thing hath been truth — tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel —
- DBY
- But if this thing is true, [and] virginity hath not been found with the damsel;
- DRC
- But if what he charged her with be true, and virginity be not found in the damsel:
- GNV
- But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine,
- JPS
- But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
- LXXE
- But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel;
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Where the editions differ
Editions are published forms of the Hebrew and Greek texts. Meet the editions and sources →
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads לַֽנַּעֲרָֽ׃; read aloud (Qere) reads לַֽנַּעֲרָֽה׃ (“for the young woman”).
- Written (Ketiv): לַנַּעַר׃. Read aloud (Qere): לַֽנַּעֲרָֽה׃ (“for 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
- וְאִם־אֱמֶ֣ת הָיָ֔ה הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה לֹא־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְתוּלִ֖ים לנער׃Read aloud as (qere): לַֽנַּעֲרָֽה
- LXX-Br
- Ἐὰν δὲ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας γένηται ὁ λόγος οὗτος, καὶ μὴ εὑρεθῇ παρθένια τῇ νεάνιδι,
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
WifeFornicationDivorce in the Old TestamentHusbandVirginAdulteryGovernmentText of the Old TestamentLaw of MosesChurch
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).