Deuteronomy 22:20

Deuteronomy 22:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
• New International Version (NIV)If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But if the thing is true, and evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman,

Context of Deuteronomy 22:20

18The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him. 19They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives. But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin, 21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you. 22If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 22:20 word by word

וְאִם־אֱמֶ֣ת הָיָ֔ה הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה לֹא־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְתוּלִ֖ים לַֽנַּעֲרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But if this thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• be trueאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
• virginityבְּתוּלִיםbethûlîym · virginityH1331
• be not foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• for the damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:20

• 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 22:20

• Adultery
• Church
• Government
• Husband
• Virgin

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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