Marriage Violations

Deuteronomy 22:28

In 11 translations

BSB: If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
KJV: ¶ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
WEB: If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are found,
ASV: If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
LSV: When a man finds a girl, a virgin who is not betrothed, and has caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found,
YLT: 'When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found,
DBY: If a man find a damsel, a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found,
DRC: If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, who is not espoused, and taking her, lie with her, and the matter come to judgment:
GNV: If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,
JPS: If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
LXXE: And if any one should find a young virgin who has not been betrothed, and should force her and lie with her, and be found,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

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

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Original-language editions

WLC: כִּֽי־יִמְצָ֣א אִ֗ישׁ נער בְתוּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־אֹרָ֔שָׂה וּתְפָשָׂ֖הּ וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ וְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): נַעֲרָ֤ה
LXX-Br: Ἐὰν δέ τις εὕρῃ τὴν παῖδα τὴν παρθένον, ἥτις οὐ μεμνήστευται, καὶ βιασάμενος κοιμηθῇ μετʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ εὑρεθῇ,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Seduction Damages and Compensation Seduce; Seducer Fornication Divorce in the Old Testament Husband Virgin, Virginity Harlot Woman Adultery

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

Cross-references most cited first

Exodus 22:16–17If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount…

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