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

24you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you. 25But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die. You must not do anything to the young woman – she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him, 27for the man met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her. 28Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered.

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 21:22If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse 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