Deuteronomy 22:16
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New International Version (©2011)
Her father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Her father must say to them, 'I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he has turned against her.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to marry, and he hates her;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The girl's father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, but he turned against her;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The young woman's father will say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he hates her.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The father of the young lady is to then say to the elders: 'I have given my daughter to this man as a wife, but he despises her.

NET Bible (©2006)
The young woman's father must say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The girl's father will tell the leaders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he doesn't like her.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the young woman's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man as a wife, and he hates her;

American King James Version
And the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;

American Standard Version
and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,

Darby Bible Translation
and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man as wife, and he hates her;

English Revised Version
and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hateth her,

World English Bible
and the young lady's father shall tell the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;

Young's Literal Translation
and the father of the damsel hath said unto the elders, My daughter I have given to this man for a wife, and he doth hate her;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders,.... Not her mother; hence we learn, says Jarchi, that a woman has not power (or is not allowed) to speak before men; that is, in public see 1 Corinthians 14:34 and it was most proper for a father to appear in court for her, and defend her; and if she had no parents living then, those that brought her up, her guardians, that had the education of her, and placing her out in marriage, were to undertake her cause; or, as Josephus (r) says, those that were next akin to her; or, as, Aben Ezra, one appointed by the court:

I gave my daughter unto this man to wife; and, by the Jewish canons (s), a man might give his daughter in marriage, but a woman might not:

and he hateth her; has taken a dislike to her, and wants to be rid of her, and therefore has brought this infamous action against her.

(r) Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 23. (s) Misn. Sotah, c. 3. sect. 8.

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Marriage Violations
…15Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate: 16And the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her; 17And, see, he has given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not your 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 22:13 If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her
Deuteronomy 22:15 then the young woman's father and mother shall bring to the town elders at the gate proof that she was a virgin.
Deuteronomy 22:17 Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town,