Deuteronomy 22:25

Deuteronomy 22:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
• New International Version (NIV)But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

Context of Deuteronomy 22:25

23“If a young woman who is a virgin is engaged (legally betrothed) to a man, and another man finds her in the city and is intimate with her, 24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out for help [though she was] in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s [promised] wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you. “However, if the man finds the girl who is engaged (legally betrothed) in the [open] field, and seizes her and is intimate with her [by force], then only the man who lies with her shall be put to death. 26But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin worthy of death, for this is the same as when a man attacks his neighbor and murders him. 27When he found her in the [open] field, the engaged girl [may have] cried out for help, but there was no one to [hear and] save her.

Deuteronomy 22:25 word by word

וְֽאִם־בַּשָּׂדֶ֞ה יִמְצָ֣א הָאִ֗ישׁ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔ה וְהֶחֱזִֽיק־בָּ֥הּ הָאִ֖ישׁ וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ וּמֵ֗ת הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּ֖הּ לְבַדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But if a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• a betrothedאָרַשׂ'âraώ · to betrothH781
• damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• forceחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• her, and lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901
• with her shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:25

• 2 Samuel 13:14But he would not listen to her; and since he was stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25And the man force her - A rape also, by these ancient institutions, was punished with death, because a woman's honor was considered equally as precious as her life; therefore the same punishment was inflicted on the ravisher as upon the murderer. This offense is considered in the same point of view in the British laws, and by them also it is punished with death.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-30Verses 13-30 These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-3013-30. If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them. So far was it from being unworthy of God to leave such things upon record, that the enactments must heighten our admiration of His wisdom and goodness in the management of a people so perverse and so given to irregular passions. Nor is…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 22:25

• Adultery
• Church
• Punishment
• Rape
• Seduction
• Women

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• Astray
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings