Deuteronomy 21:10
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,
Deuteronomy 21:10 in other translations
| BSB | When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive, |
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| WEB | When you go out to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive, |
| ASV | When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, |
| YLT | ‘When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity, |
| DARBY | When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them, |
| BBE | When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners; |
| Webster | When thou goest forth to war against thy enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thy hands, and thou hast taken them captive, |
What does Deuteronomy 21:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 21:10-14
De 21:10-23. The Treatment of a Captive Taken to Wife.
10-14. When thou goest to war ... and seest among the captives a beautiful woman ... that thou wouldest have her to thy wife--According to the war customs of all ancient nations, a female captive became the slave of the victor, who had the sole and unchallengeable control of right to her person. Moses improved this existing usage by special regulations on the subject. He enacted that, in the event that her master was captivated by her beauty and contemplated a marriage with her, a month should be allowed to elapse, during which her perturbed feelings might be calmed, her mind reconciled to her altered condition, and she might bewail the loss of her parents, now to her the same as dead. A month was the usual period of mourning with the Jews, and the circumstances mentioned here were the signs of grief--the shaving of the head, the allowing the nails to grow uncut, the putting off her gorgeous dress in which ladies, on the eve of being captured, arrayed themselves to be the more attractive to their captors. The delay was full of humanity and kindness to the female slave, as well as a prudential measure to try the strength of her master's affections. If his love should afterwards cool and he become indifferent to her person, he was not to lord it over her, neither to sell her in the slave market, nor retain her in a subordinate condition in his house; but she was to be free to go where her inclinations led her.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 21:10-14
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Deuteronomy 21:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 21:10
- Deuteronomy 20:10-16
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: …
- Joshua 21:44
And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 21:9
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.
- Deuteronomy 21:10
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,
- Deuteronomy 21:11
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
Deuteronomy 21:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando salieres á la guerra contra tus enemigos, y Jehová tu Dios los entregare en tu mano, y tomares de ellos cautivos, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu sors pour faire la guerre contre tes ennemis, et que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, les livre en ta main, et que tu en emmènes des captifs, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du wider deine Feinde zum Kriege ausziehst, und Jehova, dein Gott, sie in deine Hand gibt, und du ihre Gefangenen wegführst, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si egressus fueris ad pugnam contra inimicos tuos, et tradiderit eos Dominus Deus tuus in manu tua, captivosque duxeris, |