Deuteronomy 22:21

Deuteronomy 22:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
• New International Version (NIV)she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house. So you shall put away the evil from among you.

Context of Deuteronomy 22:21

19They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives. 20If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you. 22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. 23If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

Deuteronomy 22:21 word by word

וְהוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ה אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח בֵּית־אָבִ֗יהָ וּסְקָלוּהָ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י עִירָ֤הּ בָּאֲבָנִים֙ וָמֵ֔תָה כִּֽי־עָשְׂתָ֤ה נְבָלָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִזְנ֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יהָ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ סRead the interlinear

• ·נַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• shall be broughtיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of her father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and there the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of her cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• will stone herסָקַלsâqal · to stoneH5619
• will stone herאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• she has committedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• an outrageנְבָלָהnebâlâh · follyH5039
• in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• by being promiscuousזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• So you must purgeבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: purgeH1197
• the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• from among youקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:21

• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
• Deuteronomy 13:10Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
• Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
• Leviticus 24:16Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
• Numbers 15:35And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
• Genesis 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
• Leviticus 21:9If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
• Judges 20:6Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
• 2 Samuel 13:12“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
• Deuteronomy 13:5Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
• Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
• Deuteronomy 19:19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:21

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21by being promiscuous (literally acting as a prostitute): One act of sexual intercourse by an unmarried woman was enough for her to receive this shameful label. Under the law, this offense could result in the death penalty.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 22:21

• Adultery
• Church
• Government
• Husband
• Punishment
• Stoning
• Virgin

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Astray
• Chance
• Fornication
• Husband
• Rise
• Stoning
• Wife

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