Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. New Living Translation “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sex with her, he must pay the customary bride price and marry her. English Standard Version “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. Berean Standard Bible If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. King James Bible And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. New King James Version “If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife. New American Standard Bible “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and sleeps with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife. NASB 1995 “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife. NASB 1977 “And if a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife. Legacy Standard Bible “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife. Amplified Bible “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry (marriage price) for her to be his wife. Christian Standard Bible “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and he sleeps with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. Contemporary English Version Suppose a young woman has never had sex and isn't engaged. If a man talks her into having sex, he must pay the bride price and marry her. English Revised Version And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Whenever a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sexual intercourse with her, he must pay the bride-price and marry her. Good News Translation "If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, he must pay the bride price for her and marry her. International Standard Version "When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her, he must pay her bride price, and she is to become his wife. Majority Standard Bible If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. NET Bible "If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sexual relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife. New Heart English Bible "If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. Webster's Bible Translation And if a man shall entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. World English Bible “If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd when a man entices a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and has lain with her, he certainly endows her to himself for a wife; Young's Literal Translation And when a man doth entice a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; Smith's Literal Translation If a man shall seduce a virgin who was not betrothed, and lying with her, endowing, he shall endow her to him for a wife. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife. Catholic Public Domain Version If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife. New American Bible When a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall make her his wife by paying the bride price. New Revised Standard Version When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married, and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely marry her. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And when a man will seduce a virgin that was not engaged and he shall have sexual intercourse with her, he shall surely take her to him as a wife. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Laws of Social Responsibility16If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. 17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.… Cross References Deuteronomy 22:28-29 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, / then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives. Genesis 34:2-12 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. / And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly. / So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.” ... Leviticus 19:20-22 If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. / The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD. / The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed. 1 Samuel 18:25-27 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines. / When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived, / David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage. 2 Samuel 13:12-14 “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing! / Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” / But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her. Numbers 30:3-5 And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, / and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. / But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her. Ruth 4:10 Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.” Judges 21:7-23 What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?” / So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly. / For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there. ... Proverbs 6:32-35 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. / Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away. / For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. ... Malachi 2:14-16 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. / “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith. Matthew 1:18-20 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. / Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly. / But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 7:36-38 However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married. / But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well. / So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better. Matthew 5:32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. Treasury of Scripture And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. a man entice Genesis 34:2-4 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her… Deuteronomy 22:28,29 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; … Jump to Previous Betrothed Bride-Price Connection Dowry Endow Engaged Entice Entices Lies Maid Marriage Married Pay Pledged Present Seduce Seduces Sleeps Surely Virgin Wife WordJump to Next Betrothed Bride-Price Connection Dowry Endow Engaged Entice Entices Lies Maid Marriage Married Pay Pledged Present Seduce Seduces Sleeps Surely Virgin Wife WordExodus 22 1. Of Theft5. Of damage 7. Of trespasses 14. Of borrowing 16. Of fornication 18. Of witchcraft 19. Of bestiality 20. Of idolatry 21. Of strangers, widows, and fatherless 25. Of usury 26. Of pledges 28. Of reverence to magistrates 29. Of the first fruits 31. Of torn flesh If a man entices The Hebrew word for "entices" is "פִּתָּה" (pittah), which implies persuasion or seduction. This word suggests a scenario where the man actively persuades the woman, indicating a level of responsibility and intentionality on his part. In the ancient Near Eastern context, this reflects societal norms where men were expected to take responsibility for their actions, especially in matters of sexual conduct. a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and lies with her he must pay the bride price and she will be his wife (16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can, therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Moses may have recorded them in the order in which they were delivered to him; or have committed them to writing as they afterwards occurred to his memory. (16) If a man entice a maid.--The seduction of a maiden is regarded more seriously in primitive than in more advanced communities. The father looked to receive a handsome sum (????) from the man to whom he consented to betroth his virgin daughter; and required compensation if his daughter's eligibility as a wife was diminished. If the seducer were a person to whom he felt it a degradation to marry his daughter, he might exact from him such a sum as would be likely to induce another to wed her; if he was one whom he could accept as a son-in-law, he might compel him to re-establish his daughter's status by marriage. It might be well if modern societies would imitate the Mosaic code on this point by some similar proviso. He shall surely endow her--i.e., pay the customary sum to the father. See Deuteronomy 22:29, where the sum is fixed at fifty shekels of silver. Verse 16. - If a man entice. Rather "seduce." He shall surely endow her to be his wife. In the East a man commonly pays money, or money's worth, to the parents in order to obtain a wife. The seducer was to comply with this custom, and make over to the damsel's father the sum of fifty shekels of silver (Deuteronomy 22:29), for his sanction of the marriage. If the father consented, he was compelled to marry the girl, and he was forbidden to repudiate her afterwards (ibid.).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifוְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction a man אִ֗ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person seduces יְפַתֶּ֣ה (yə·p̄at·teh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6601: To open, be, roomy, to be, simple, delude a virgin בְּתוּלָ֛ה (bə·ṯū·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that is not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no pledged in marriage אֹרָ֖שָׂה (’ō·rā·śāh) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 781: To engage for, matrimony and sleeps וְשָׁכַ֣ב (wə·šā·ḵaḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7901: To lie down with her, עִמָּ֑הּ (‘im·māh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with he must pay the full dowry מָהֹ֛ר (mā·hōr) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 4117: To acquire by paying a purchase price for her לּ֖וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew to be his wife. לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (lə·’iš·šāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Links Exodus 22:16 NIVExodus 22:16 NLT Exodus 22:16 ESV Exodus 22:16 NASB Exodus 22:16 KJV Exodus 22:16 BibleApps.com Exodus 22:16 Biblia Paralela Exodus 22:16 Chinese Bible Exodus 22:16 French Bible Exodus 22:16 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 22:16 If a man entices a virgin who (Exo. 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