Tree of Life Version
Deuteronomy 22:19
19Then they are to fine him 100 pieces of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name on a virgin of Israel. Then she is to be his wife—he may not send her away all his days.
Deuteronomy 22:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
- New International Version (NIV)They 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name upon a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife. He may not divorce her all his days.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name on a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days.
Context of Deuteronomy 22:19
17Indeed, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, “I didn’t find your daughter’s virginity.” Yet these are the signs of my daughter’s virginity.’ They are to spread the wedding cloth before the elders of the city. 18The elders of that city are to take the man and punish him. Then they are to fine him 100 pieces of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name on a virgin of Israel. Then she is to be his wife—he may not send her away all his days. 20“But if this thing is true—that the signs of virginity were not found in the young lady— 21then they are to bring the young woman out to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city are to stone her with stones to death, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to behave like a prostitute in her father’s house. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.
Read all of Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 22:19 word by word
וְעָנְשׁ֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ מֵ֣אָה כֶ֗סֶף וְנָתְנוּ֙ לַאֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה כִּ֤י הוֹצִיא֙ שֵׁ֣ם רָ֔ע עַ֖ל בְּתוּלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֔ה לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל לְשַּׁלְּחָ֖הּ כָּל־יָמָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they shall amerceעָנַשׁ‛ânash · to fineH6064
- him in an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- unto the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- of the damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
- because he hath brought upיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- an evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
- nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- upon a virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- and she shall be his wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- he mayיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
- not put her awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: divorceH7971
- all his daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:19
- Deuteronomy 22:29Then the man who lay with her is to give to the young woman’s father 50 pieces of silver, and she is to be his wife, since he has humiliated her—he may not send her away all his days.
- Deuteronomy 24:1“Suppose a man takes a wife and marries her. Now if she doesn’t find favor in his eyes because he has found something indecent in her, he is to write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her and send her out from his house.
- Matthew 19:8Yeshua said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The fine was to be paid to the father, because the slander was against him principally as the head of the wife‘s family. If the damsel were an orphan the fine reverted to herself. The fact that the penalties attached to bearing false witness against a wife are fixed and comparatively light indicates the low estimation and position of the woman at that time.Read the comment
- 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. 19100 shekels of silver: The husband had already paid the woman’s father the normal bride price (a payment made at marriage). Now he must pay more money because he falsely accused her and damaged her reputation.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
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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
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