Marriage Violations

Deuteronomy 22:23

In 11 translations

BSB: If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
KJV: ¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
WEB: If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her,
ASV: If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
LSV: When there is a girl, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man has found her in a city and lain with her,
YLT: 'When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;
DBY: If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,
DRC: If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,
GNV: If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, and a man finde her in the towne and lye with her,
JPS: If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
LXXE: And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her;

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

Leningrad Codex reads נַעֲרָ֣; read aloud (Qere) reads נַעֲרָ֣ה (“a young woman”).
Written (Ketiv): נַעַר. Read aloud (Qere): נַעֲרָ֣ה (“a young woman”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

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Original-language editions

WLC: כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ נער בְתוּלָ֔ה מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ וּמְצָאָ֥הּ אִ֛ישׁ בָּעִ֖יר וְשָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּֽהּ׃Read aloud as (qere): נַעֲרָ֣ה
LXX-Br: Ἐὰν δὲ γένηται παῖς παρθένος μεμνηστευμένη ἀνδρί, καὶ εὑρὼν αὐτὴν ἄνθρωπος ἐν πόλει κοιμηθῇ μετʼ αὐτῆς,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Adultery Marriage Punishments Seduction Seduce; Seducer Fornication Virgin, Virginity Virgin Woman Punishment

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Matthew 1:18–19This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was…
Deuteronomy 20:7Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).