Deuteronomy 22:23

Deuteronomy 22:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
• New International Version (NIV)If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,

Context of Deuteronomy 22:23

21then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. 22If a man be found lying with a man's wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel. If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her, 24then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. 25But 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;

Deuteronomy 22:23 word by word

כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ וּמְצָאָ֥הּ אִ֛ישׁ בָּעִ֖יר וְשָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• betrothedאָרַשׂ'âraώ · to betrothH781
• oneאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:23

• Deuteronomy 20:7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
• Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:23

• 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 22:23

• Adultery
• Church
• Punishment
• Seduction
• Virgin
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Astray
• Chance
• Fornication
• Husband
• Rise
• Adultery
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

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