Deuteronomy 21:11
9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
- KJV
- And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
- WEB
- and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,
- ASV
- and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;
- DARBY
- and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;
- BLB
- and you see among the captives a woman beautiful in appearance, and you have delighted in her and would take her as your wife,
- ÅB
- og du så blant fangene ser en kvinne som er vakker av skapning, og du synes godt om henne og vil ta henne til hustru,
- OTB
- hvis du ser blant fangene en vakker kvinne og blir tiltrukket av henne, kan du ta henne til din kone.
- B1930
- og du så blandt fangene ser en kvinne som er vakker av skapning, og du synes godt om henne og vil ta henne til hustru,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 29:18–20
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Read in contextProverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Read in contextProverbs 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Read in contextGenesis 12:14–15
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Read in contextGenesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Read in contextGenesis 34:8
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Read in contextProverbs 31:10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Read in contextJudges 14:2–3
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
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