Deuteronomy 22:28

Deuteronomy 22:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
• New International Version (NIV)If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out,

Context of Deuteronomy 22:28

26And you are not to do anything to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case. 27When he found her in the field, the betrothed girl cried out, but there was no one to save her. “If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and has sexual relations with her, and they are discovered, 29then the man who had sexual relations with her shall give the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife, because he has violated her; he is not allowed to divorce her all his days. 30“A man shall not take his father’s wife in marriage, so that he does not uncover his father’s garment.

Deuteronomy 22:28 word by word

כִּֽי־יִמְצָ֣א אִ֗ישׁ נַעֲרָ֤ה בְתוּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־אֹרָ֔שָׂה וּתְפָשָׂ֖הּ וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ וְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• findsמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• a girlנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• who is a virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• is not betrothedאָרַשׂ'âraώ · to betrothH781
• and he seizesתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• her and hasשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:28

• Deuteronomy 22:19and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he is not allowed to divorce her all his days.
• Deuteronomy 21:14But it shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go wherever she wishes; and you certainly shall not sell her for money, you shall not treat her as merchandise, since you have humiliated her.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:28

• 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 22:28

• Adultery
• Church
• Damages and Compensation
• Seduction
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Astray
• Chance
• Fornication
• Husband
• Rise
• Atonement, Day of
• Crime; Crimes
• Criticism
• Divorce in the Old Testament
• Exodus, the Book of

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