Deuteronomy 22:21

Deuteronomy 22:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
• New International Version (NIV)she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house. So you shall put away the evil from among you.

Context of Deuteronomy 22:21

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. 20But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin, the 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. 23If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and has sexual relations with her,

Deuteronomy 22:21 word by word

וְהוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ה אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח בֵּית־אָבִ֗יהָ וּסְקָלוּהָ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י עִירָ֤הּ בָּאֲבָנִים֙ וָמֵ֔תָה כִּֽי־עָשְׂתָ֤ה נְבָלָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִזְנ֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יהָ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then they shall bring outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• the damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• to the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of her father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of her cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• shall stoneסָקַלsâqal · to stoneH5619
• her with stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• that she dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• because she hath wroughtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• follyנְבָלָהnebâlâh · follyH5039
• in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• to play the whoreזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• so shalt thou putבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:21

• Deuteronomy 22:22If 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 13:10You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the Lord your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing – that very man or woman – and you must stone that person to death.
• Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
• Leviticus 24:16and one who misuses the name of the Lord must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
• Numbers 15:35Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”
• Genesis 34:7Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.
• Leviticus 21:9If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.
• Judges 20:6I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces throughout the territory occupied by Israel, because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity in Israel.
• 2 Samuel 13:12But she said to him, “No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!
• Deuteronomy 13:5As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.
• Deuteronomy 17:7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
• Deuteronomy 19:19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:21

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21by being promiscuous (literally acting as a prostitute): One act of sexual intercourse by an unmarried woman was enough for her to receive this shameful label. Under the law, this offense could result in the death penalty.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 22:21

• Adultery
• Church
• Government
• Husband
• Punishment
• Stoning
• Virgin

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Astray
• Chance
• Fornication
• Husband
• Rise
• Stoning
• Wife

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