Marriage Violations
Deuteronomy 22:26
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
- KJV
- But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
- WEB
- but to the lady you shall do nothing. There is in the lady no sin worthy of death; for as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter;
- ASV
- but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter;
- LSV
- and you do not do anything to the girl—the girl has no deadly sin; for as a man rises against his neighbor and has murdered him, [taking] a life, so [is] this thing;
- YLT
- and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him — the life, so [is] this thing;
- DBY
- and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter;
- DRC
- The damsel shall suffer nothing, neither is she guilty of death: for as a robber riseth against his brother, and taketh away his life, so also did the damsel suffer:
- GNV
- And vnto the mayd thou shalt do nothing, because there is in the mayde no cause of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour and woundeth him to death, so is this matter.
- JPS
- But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter.
- LXXE
- And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbour, and slay him, so is this thing;Gr. his life.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְלַֽנַּעֲרָ֙; read aloud (Qere) reads וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ (“and to the young woman”).
- Written (Ketiv): וְלַנַּעַר. Read aloud (Qere): וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ (“and to the young woman”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Leningrad Codex reads לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖; read aloud (Qere) reads לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה (“[belongs] to the young woman”).
- Written (Ketiv): לַנַּעַר. Read aloud (Qere): לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה (“[belongs] to 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
- ולנער לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָבָ֔ר אֵ֥ין לנער חֵ֣טְא מָ֑וֶת כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יָק֨וּם אִ֤ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ וּרְצָח֣וֹ נֶ֔פֶשׁ כֵּ֖ן הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.Read aloud as (qere): לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τῇ νεάνιδι οὐκ ἔστιν ἁμάρτημα θανάτου· ὡς εἴ τις ἐπαναστῇ ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τὸν πλησίον, καὶ φονεύσῃ αὐτοῦ ψυχήν, οὕτω τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο,
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SeductionRapeSeduce; SeducerFornicationWomanAdulteryLaw in the Old TestamentLaw of MosesPentateuchCrime; Crimes
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 21:22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).