Deuteronomy 24:5

Deuteronomy 24:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
• New International Version (NIV)If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Context of Deuteronomy 24:5

3and the latter husband turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies, 4then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. “When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army, nor be assigned any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall make his wife whom he has taken happy. 6“No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s means of life as a pledge. 7“If someone is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he treats him as merchandise and sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 24:5 word by word

כִּֽי־יִקַּ֥ח אִישׁ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲדָשָׁ֔ה לֹ֤א יֵצֵא֙ בַּצָּבָ֔א וְלֹא־יַעֲבֹ֥ר עָלָ֖יו לְכָל־דָּבָ֑ר נָקִ֞י יִהְיֶ֤ה לְבֵיתוֹ֙ שָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֔ת וְשִׂמַּ֖ח אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־לָקָֽח׃ סRead the interlinear

• Whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• takesלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• a newחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• he is not to goיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• with the armyצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• be assignedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• dutyדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• he shall be freeנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• at homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• for oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• makeשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• whomאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:5

• Deuteronomy 20:7And who is the man that is betrothed to a woman and has not married her? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would marry her.’
• Genesis 2:24For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
• Matthew 19:4And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
• Mark 10:6But from the beginning of creation, God created them male and female.
• 1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife is not to leave her husband
• Ephesians 5:28So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
• Proverbs 5:18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5When a man hath taken a new wife - Other people made a similar provision for such circumstances. Alexander ordered those of his soldiers who had married that year to spend the winter with their wives, while the army was in winter quarters. See Arrian, lib. i.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, which could not be settled, as other thefts, by restitution. The laws concerning leprosy must be carefully observed. Thus all who feel their consciences under guilt and wrath, must not cover it, or endeavour to shake off their convictions; but by…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war--This law of exemption was founded on good policy and was favorable to matrimony, as it afforded a full opportunity for the affections of the newly married pair being more firmly rooted, and it diminished or removed occasions for the divorces just mentioned.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 24:5

• Bridegroom
• Husband
• Marriage
• Soldiers

In the dictionaries

• Divorcement
• Former
• Husband
• Atonement, Day of
• Business
• Cheer; Cheerfulness
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings