Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
If a man encounters a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, takes hold of her and rapes her, and they are discovered,
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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;
International Standard Version
"However, if a man meets a girl who isn't engaged to be married, and he seizes her, rapes her, and is later found out,
A Conservative Version
If a man finds a damsel who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lays hold on her, and lays with her, and they be found,
American Standard Version
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Amplified
“If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and is intimate with her and they are discovered,
Bible in Basic English
If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;
Darby Translation
If a man find a damsel, a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found,
Julia Smith Translation
When a man shall find a maiden, a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold upon her and lay with her, and they were were found;
King James 2000
If a man find a young woman that is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If a man finds a young woman, a virgin [who] is not engaged, and he seizes her and {he has sex with her} and they are caught,
Modern King James verseion
If a man finds a girl, a virgin not engaged, and lays hold on her, and lies with her, and they are found,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a man find a maid that is not betrothed and take her and lie with her and be found:
NET Bible
Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered.
New Heart English Bible
If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
The Emphasized Bible
When a man findeth a damsel that is a virgin who is not betrothed, and layeth hold of her and lieth with her, and they are found,
Webster
If a man shall find a damsel that is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
World English Bible
If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Youngs Literal Translation
'When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found,
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 22:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
27
When he found her in the field, the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.
28 If a man encounters a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, takes hold of her and rapes her, and they are discovered,
29
the man who raped her must give the young woman’s father 50 silver shekels, and she must become his wife because he violated her.
Cross References
Exodus 22:16-17
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and he has sexual relations with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife.