Deuteronomy 22:26

Deuteronomy 22:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
• New International Version (NIV)Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But you shall do nothing to the young woman; there is in the young woman no sin deserving of death, for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter.

Context of Deuteronomy 22:26

24If so, you must take both of them to the gate of that town. You must throw stones at both of them there, until they die. The young woman is guilty because she did not shout aloud for help. They were in the town, so someone would have heard her. The man is guilty because he had sex with the future wife of another man. In this way, you will remove evil acts from among you. 25But perhaps a man may meet a young woman in a field in the country. She has already promised to marry another man. But the man is stronger than her and he has sex with her. If that happens, only the man must die. Do not punish the young woman. She does not deserve to die. The man's act is like a man who attacks and murders another person. 27The man met the young woman in a field. When she shouted for help, nobody heard her because it happened in the country. There was no one there to rescue her. 28Perhaps a man may meet a girl who has not had sex with anyone before. She has not yet promised to marry anyone. The man may be too strong and he has sex with her.

Deuteronomy 22:26 word by word

וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָבָ֔ר אֵ֥ין לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה חֵ֣טְא מָ֑וֶת כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יָק֨וּם אִ֤ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וּרְצָח֣וֹ נֶ֔פֶשׁ כֵּ֖ן הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But unto the damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• thou shalt doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• nothingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• no sinחֵטְאchêţ' · sinH2399
• of deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• for as when a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• risethקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• against his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• and slayethנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• and slayethרָצַחrâtsach · to murderH7523
• this matterדָּבָרdâbâr · word: caseH1697

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:26

• Deuteronomy 21:22A person may do an evil thing so that you punish him with death. If you have hung his dead body on a tree,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:26

• 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 22:26

• Adultery
• Church
• Rape
• Seduction
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Astray
• Chance
• Fornication
• Husband
• Rise
• Atonement, Day of
• Crime; Crimes
• 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