Deuteronomy 24 · Verse 5

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Deuteronomy 24:5, King James Version

Deuteronomy 24:5 in other translations

BSBIf a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
WEBWhen a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
ASVWhen a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.
YLT‘When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and one doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.
DARBYWhen a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall any kind of business be imposed upon him; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he hath taken.
BBEA newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.
WebsterWhen a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife which he hath taken.

What does Deuteronomy 24:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war--This law of exemption was founded on good policy and was favorable to matrimony, as it afforded a full opportunity for the affections of the newly married pair being more firmly rooted, and it diminished or removed occasions for the divorces just mentioned.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 When a man hath taken a new wife - Other people made a similar provision for such circumstances. Alexander ordered those of his soldiers who had married that year to spend the winter with their wives, while the army was in winter quarters. See Arrian, lib. i.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:5-13
It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, which could not be settled, as other thefts, by restitution. The laws concerning leprosy must be carefully observed. Thus all who feel their consciences under guilt and wrath, must not cover it, or endeavour to shake off their convictions; but by repentance, and prayer, and humble confession, take the way to peace and pardon. Some orders are given about pledges for money lent. This teaches us to consult the comfort and subsistence of others, as much as our own advantage. Let the poor debtor sleep in his own raiment, and praise God for thy kindness to him. Poor debtors ought to feel more than commonly they do, the goodness of creditors who do not take all the advantage of the law against them, nor should this ever be looked upon as weakness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 24:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יִקַּ֥חyi.Kachhe will takeH3947
אִישׁ֙'ishmanH376
אִשָּׁ֣ה'i.Shaha wifeH802
חֲדָשָׁ֔הcha.da.ShahnewH2319
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
יֵצֵא֙ye.Tze'he will go outH3318
בַּצָּבָ֔אba.tza.Va'with the armyH6635
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יַעֲבֹ֥רya.'a.Vorit will passH5674
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavon himH5921
לְכָל\־le.kholto anyH3605
דָּבָ֑רda.VarthingH1697
נָקִ֞יna.KifreeH5355
יִהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehhe will beH1961
לְבֵיתוֹ֙le.vei.Toto house hisH1004
שָׁנָ֣הsha.Naha yearH8141
אֶחָ֔ת'e.ChatoneH259
וְשִׂמַּ֖חve.si.Machand he will cause to rejoiceH8055
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אִשְׁתּ֥וֹ'ish.Towife hisH802
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
לָקָֽח\׃\ \סla.Kachhe has takenH3947

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 24:5

  • Proverbs 5:18

    Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

  • Deuteronomy 20:7

    And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Genesis 2:24

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Titus 2:4-5

    That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

  • Mark 10:6-9

    But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

  • Matthew 19:4-6

    And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:9

    Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

  • Ephesians 5:28-29

    So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

  • 1 Corinthians 7:29

    But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

  • 1 Corinthians 7:10-15

    And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a man.
20:7; Ge 2:24; Mt 19:4-6; Mr 10:6-9; 1Co 7:10-15; Eph 5:28,29
Tit 2:4,5
neither, etc. Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him. cheerup.
Pr 5:18; Ec 9:9; 1Co 7:29

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 24:4

    Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  • Deuteronomy 24:5

    When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

  • Deuteronomy 24:6

    No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

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Deuteronomy 24:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando tomare alguno mujer nueva, no saldrá á la guerra, ni en ninguna cosa se le ocupará; libre estará en su casa por un año, para alegrar á su mujer que tomó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si un homme a nouvellement pris une femme, il n’ira point à l’armée, et il ne sera chargé d’aucune affaire: il en sera exempt, pour sa maison, pendant une année, et il réjouira sa femme qu’il a prise.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn ein Mann kürzlich ein Weib genommen hat, so soll er nicht in den Krieg ziehen, und es soll ihm keinerlei Sache auferlegt werden; er soll ein Jahr lang frei sein für sein Haus und sein Weib erfreuen, das er genommen hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum acceperit homo nuper uxorem, non procedet ad bellum, nec ei quippiam necessitatis injungetur publicæ, sed vacabit absque culpa domi suæ, ut uno anno lætetur cum uxore sua.