Deuteronomy 22:26 Parallel Translations

Don't do anything to the girl. She has not committed a sin for which she deserves to die. This is like the case of someone who attacks and murders another person.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

ASV:

but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter;

BBE:

Nothing is to be done to the virgin, because there is no cause of death in her: it is the same as if a man made an attack on his neighbour and put him to death:

DBY:

and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter;

ERV:

but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

JPS:

But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter.

WBS:

But to the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

WEB:

but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter;

YLT:

and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him -- the life, so is this thing;

Deuteronomy 22:26 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 22:25 "But if in the field the man finds the girl who is engaged, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lies with her shall die.

Deuteronomy 22:27 "When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so {k} [is] this matter:
(k) Meaning, that the innocent cannot be punished.

WES:

22:26 Even so - Not an act of choice, but of force and constraint.

MHC:

22:13-30 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.

CONC:

Anything Attack Attacking Attacks Case Cause Committed Damsel Deadly Death Deserving Girl Kills Lady Matter Murdered Murdereth Murdering Murders Neighbor Neighbour Nothing Offense Punishable Rises Riseth Sin Slayeth Someone Virgin Worthy

Attacking Attacks Case Cause Damsel Death Deserving Kills Lady Matter Murdering Murders Neighbor Neighbour Offense Punishable Rises Riseth Sin Slayeth Someone Virgin Worthy Young

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