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;
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Suppose a man has intercourse with a young woman who is a virgin but is not engaged to be married. If they are discovered,

Context of Deuteronomy 22:28

26Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor, 27for the man found the young woman out in the country, and though the betrothed woman screamed, there was no one to rescue her. If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives. 30A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.

Deuteronomy 22:28 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• If a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• a damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• a virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• which is not betrothedאָרַשׂ'âraώ · to betrothH781
• and lay holdתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• on her, and lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:28

• Deuteronomy 22:19They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
• Deuteronomy 21:14If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored 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

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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