Deuteronomy 22:14
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:
Deuteronomy 22:14 in other translations
| 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.” |
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| 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; |
| YLT | and laid against her actions of words, and brought out against her an evil name, and said, This woman I have taken, and I draw near unto her, and I have not found in her 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; |
| BBE | And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin: |
| Webster | And give occasions of speech against her, and bring an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: |
What does Deuteronomy 22:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 22:13-30
13-30. If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them. So far was it from being unworthy of God to leave such things upon record, that the enactments must heighten our admiration of His wisdom and goodness in the management of a people so perverse…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 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.
Deuteronomy 22:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 22:14
- Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- 1 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.
- Deuteronomy 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.
- Proverbs 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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Context
- Deuteronomy 22:13
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
- Deuteronomy 22:14
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:
- Deuteronomy 22:15
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:
Deuteronomy 22:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y le pusiere algunas faltas, y esparciere sobre ella mala fama, y dijere: Esta tomé por mujer, y llegué á ella, y no la hallé virgen; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et lui impute des actes qui donnent occasion de parler, et fasse courir sur elle quelque mauvais bruit, et dise: J’ai pris cette femme, et je me suis approché d’elle, et je ne l’ai pas trouvée vierge: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und bürdet ihr Dinge zum Gerede auf und bringt einen bösen Namen über sie aus und spricht: Dieses Weib habe ich genommen und mich ihr genaht und habe die Zeichen der Jungfrauenschaft nicht an ihr gefunden: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quæsieritque occasiones quibus dimittat eam, objiciens ei nomen pessimum, et dixerit: Uxorem hanc accepi, et ingressus ad eam non inveni virginem: |