Deuteronomy 22:18
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
Deuteronomy 22:18 in other translations
| BSB | Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him. |
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| WEB | The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him. |
| ASV | And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him; |
| YLT | ‘And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him, |
| DARBY | And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him; |
| BBE | Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment; |
| Webster | And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; |
What does Deuteronomy 22:18 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 22:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 22:18
- Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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Context
- Deuteronomy 22:17
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
- Deuteronomy 22:18
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
- 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.
Deuteronomy 22:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces los ancianos de la ciudad tomarán al hombre y lo castigarán; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les anciens de cette ville prendront l’homme et le châtieront. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Ältesten selbiger Stadt sollen den Mann nehmen und ihn züchtigen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | apprehendentque senes urbis illius virum, et verberabunt illum, |