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Laws of Social Responsibility

Exodus 22:16

In 11 translations

BSB
If 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.
KJV
¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
WEB
“If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
ASV
And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
LSV
And when a man entices a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and has lain with her, he certainly endows her to himself for a wife;
YLT
'And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;
DBY
And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall certainly endow her, to be his wife.
DRC
If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife.
GNV
And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife.
JPS22:15
And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
LXXE22:15
And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:15
וְכִֽי־יְפַתֶּ֣ה אִ֗ישׁ בְּתוּלָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־אֹרָ֖שָׂה וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ מָהֹ֛ר יִמְהָרֶ֥נָּה לּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃KJV:Exod.22.16
LXX-Br22:15
Ἐὰν δὲ ἀπατήσῃ τις παρθένον ἀμνήστευτον, καὶ κοιμηθῇ μετʼ αὐτῆς, φερνῇ φερνιεῖ αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 22:28–29If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and…
  • Genesis 34:2–4When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.…

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 22:15 in some Bibles
  • 22:16 in most Bibles

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