Exodus 22:17

In 11 translations

BSB

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

KJV

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.pay: Heb. weigh

WEB

If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

ASV

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

LSV

if her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he weighs out money according to the dowry of virgins.

YLT

if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

DBY

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.

DRC

If the maid’s father will not give her to him, he shall give money according to the dowry, which virgins are wont to receive.

GNV

If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shall pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins.

JPS22:16

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

LXXE22:16

And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.Gr. money.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:16

אִם־מָאֵ֧ן יְמָאֵ֛ן אָבִ֖יהָ לְתִתָּ֣הּ ל֑וֹ כֶּ֣סֶף יִשְׁקֹ֔ל כְּמֹ֖הַר הַבְּתוּלֹֽת׃KJV:Exod.22.17

LXX-Br22:16

Ἐὰν δὲ ἀνανεύων ἀνανεύσῃ, καὶ μὴ βούληται ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆς δοῦναι αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα, ἀργύριον ἀποτίσει τῷ πατρὶ καθʼ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἡ φερνὴ τῶν παρθένων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 34:12Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
• 1 Samuel 18:25Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
• Deuteronomy 7:3–4Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will…
• Deuteronomy 22:29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
• Genesis 23:16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

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