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Deuteronomy 22:23
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KJ21
“If a damsel who is a virgin be betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city and lie with her,
ASV
If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
AMP
“If a young woman who is a virgin is engaged (legally betrothed) to a man, and another man finds her in the city and is intimate with her,
AMPC
If a maiden who is a virgin is engaged to be married, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,
BRG
¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
CSB
If there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
CSBA
If there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
CEB
If a young woman who is a virgin is engaged to one man and another man meets up with her in a town and has sex with her,
CJB
“If a girl who is a virgin is engaged to a man, and another man comes upon her in the town and has sexual relations with her;
CEV
If a man is caught in town having sex with an engaged woman who isn't screaming for help, they both must be put to death. The man is guilty of having sex with a married woman. And the woman is guilty because she didn't call for help, even though she was inside a town and people were nearby. Take them both to the town gate and stone them to death. You must get rid of the evil they brought into your community.
DARBY
If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,
DRA
If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,
ERV
“A man might meet a virgin girl engaged to another man. He might have sexual relations with her. If this happens in the city,
EASY
Perhaps a man may meet a young woman in a town. She has already promised to marry another man, but the man has sex with her.
EHV
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man comes upon her in the city and lies down with her,
ESV
“If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
ESVUK
“If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
EXB
If a man meets a virgin in a city and ·has sexual relations [L lies] with her, but she is engaged to another man,
GNV
¶ If a maid be betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the town and lie with her,
GW
This is what you must do when a man has sexual intercourse with a virgin who is engaged to another man. If this happens in a city,
GNT
“Suppose a man is caught in a town having intercourse with a young woman who is engaged to someone else.
HCSB
If there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and has sex with her,
ICB
A man might meet a virgin in a city and have physical relations with her. But she might be engaged to another man.
ISV
“If a man meets a young virgin lady in the city who is engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her,
JUB
When a damsel that is a virgin is betrothed unto a husband and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,
KJV
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
AKJV
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
LSB
“If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,
LEB
“If it happens that a young woman, a virgin, is engaged to a man, and a man finds her in the town and lies with her,
TLB
If a girl who is engaged is seduced within the walls of a city, both she and the man who seduced her shall be taken outside the gates and stoned to death—the girl because she didn’t scream for help, and the man because he has violated the virginity of another man’s fiancée.
MSG
If a man comes upon a virgin in town, a girl who is engaged to another man, and sleeps with her, take both of them to the town gate and stone them until they die—the girl because she didn’t yell out for help in the town and the man because he raped her, violating the fiancée of his neighbor. You must purge the evil from among you.
MEV
If a girl who is a virgin is engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and has sexual relations with her,
NOG
This is what you must do when a man has sexual intercourse with a virgin who is engaged to another man. If this happens in a city,
NABRE
If there is a young woman, a virgin who is betrothed, and a man comes upon her in the city and lies with her,
NASB
“If there is a girl who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her,
NASB1995
“If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,
NCB
If a man encounters a young woman who is betrothed to another man and he sleeps with her,
NCV
If a man meets a virgin in a city and has sexual relations with her, but she is engaged to another man,
NET
If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,
NIRV
Suppose a man happens to see a virgin in a town. And she has promised to marry another man. But the man who happens to see her sleeps with her.
NIV
If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,
NIVUK
If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,
NKJV
“If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,
NLV
“If a girl who has never had a man is promised in marriage to a man, another man might find her in the city and lie with her.
NLT
“Suppose a man meets a young woman, a virgin who is engaged to be married, and he has sexual intercourse with her. If this happens within a town,
NRSVA
If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her,
NRSVACE
If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her,
NRSVCE
If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her,
NRSVUE
“If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her,
OJB
If a na’arah that is a betulah be betrothed unto a husband, and an ish find her in the town, and lie with her;
RGT
“If a maid is engaged to a husband, and a man finds her in the town and lies with her,
RSV
“If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
RSVCE
“If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
TLV
“Suppose there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her.
VOICE
What if a man meets a girl who’s a virgin but who’s engaged to someone else, and he has sexual relations with her? If this happens in the city,
WEB
If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her,
WYC
If a man espouseth a damsel (who is a) virgin, and another man findeth her in the city, and doeth lechery with her,
YLT
`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;
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