Deuteronomy 22:18

Deuteronomy 22:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
• New International Version (NIV)and the elders shall take the man and punish him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the elders of that city shall take the man and whip him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the elders of that city shall take that man and punish him;

Context of Deuteronomy 22:18

16The woman's father must say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he does not like her. 17He accuses her that she is bad. He says, “I discovered that your daughter had sex before I married her.” But look at her cloth. This shows that she had never had sex before.’ Then her parents must hold the cloth in front of the leaders of the town. The leaders must then take hold of the man. They must punish him. 19They must make the man pay 100 pieces of silver to the young woman's father. The man has told lies. He has accused a pure Israelite girl to say that she is bad. After that, she will continue to be his wife. He may never send her away as long as he lives. 20But perhaps the husband has spoken the truth. Perhaps his new wife cannot show that she had not had sex before.

Deuteronomy 22:18 word by word

וְלָֽקְח֛וּ זִקְנֵ֥י הָֽעִיר־הַהִ֖וא אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ וְיִסְּר֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of that cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• that manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and chastiseיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:18

• 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 22:18

• Adultery
• Character
• Church
• Damages and Compensation
• Government
• Husband
• Punishment
• Scourging
• Slander
• Virgin

In the dictionaries

• Astray
• Bastinado
• Chance
• Husband
• Rise
• Wife
• 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