Deuteronomy 22 · Verse 27

Deuteronomy 22:27

For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
Deuteronomy 22:27, King James Version

Deuteronomy 22:27 in other translations

BSBWhen he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
WEBfor he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.
ASVfor he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
YLTfor in a field he found her, she hath cried--the damsel who is betrothed--and she hath no saviour.
DARBYfor he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.
BBEFor he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.
WebsterFor he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

What does Deuteronomy 22:27 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…

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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.

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Deuteronomy 22:27 in the original Hebrew

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כִּ֥יkithatH3588
בַשָּׂדֶ֖הva.sa.Dehin the open countryH7704
מְצָאָ֑הּme.tza.'Ahhe found herH4672
צָעֲקָ֗הtza.'a.Kahshe cried for helpH6817
הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ha.na.'arthe young womanH5291
הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔הham.'O.ra.Sah<the> betrothedH781
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand notH369
מוֹשִׁ֖יעַmo.Shi.a'a delivererH3467
לָֽהּ\׃\ \סLah[belonged] to <the> her

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 22:27

  • 1 Corinthians 13:7

    Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 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 is this matter:

  • Deuteronomy 22:27

    For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

  • Deuteronomy 22:28

    If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

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Deuteronomy 22:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque él la halló en el campo: dió voces la moza desposada, y no hubo quien la valiese.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car il l’a trouvée dans les champs, la jeune fille fiancée a crié, et il n’y a eu personne pour la sauver.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn er hat sie auf dem Felde gefunden; die verlobte Dirne schrie, aber niemand rettete sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sola erat in agro: clamavit, et nullus affuit qui liberaret eam.