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 if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yhwh: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Yhwh thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 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. 6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge. 7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away 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

• When a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• hath takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• a newחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• he shall not go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• neither shall he be chargedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• with any businessדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• he shall be freeנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• at homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• and shall cheer upשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:5

• Deuteronomy 20:7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
• Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Matthew 19:4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
• Mark 10:6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
• 1 Corinthians 7:10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
• Ephesians 5:28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
• Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives 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