Deuteronomy 22:14
12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
16 And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
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
- and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
- KJV
- And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
- WEB
- accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”
- ASV
- and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;
- DARBY
- and charge her with things for scandalous talk, and cause an evil name against her to be spread abroad, and say, This woman have I taken, and I came in unto her, and I did not find her a virgin;
- BLB
- and he charges her with shameful conduct and brings on her a bad name and says, “This woman I took, and I came to her, and I found her not a virgin,”
- ÅB
- og skylder henne for skammelige ting og fører ondt rykte ut om henne og sier: Denne kvinne tok jeg til ekte og holdt meg nær til henne, men fant at hun ikke var jomfru,
- OTB
- og falskt anklager henne, gir henne et dårlig navn, og sier: "Jeg tok denne kvinnen, men da jeg nærmet meg henne, fant jeg ikke bevis på hennes jomfruelighet,"
- B1930
- og skylder henne for skammelige ting og fører ondt rykte ut om henne og sier: Denne kvinne tok jeg til ekte og holdt mig nær til henne, men fant at hun ikke var jomfru,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Read in contextExodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Read in contextProverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:19
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.
Read in contextProverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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