Deuteronomy 22:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 22:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהִנֵּה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
ה֡וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
שָׂם֩
sûwm
H7760
to put
עֲלִילֹ֨ת
ʻălîylâh
H5949
wantonness
דְּבָרִ֜ים
dâbâr
H1697
word
לֵאמֹ֗ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
מָצָ֤אתִי
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
לְבִתְּךָ֙
bath
H1323
daughter
בְּתוּלִ֔ים
bᵉthûwlîym
H1331
virginity
וְאֵ֖לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
בְּתוּלֵ֣י
bᵉthûwlîym
H1331
virginity
בִתִּ֑י
bath
H1323
daughter
וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙
pâras
H6566
to spread out
הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה
simlâh
H8071
garment
לִפְנֵ֖י
pânîym
H6440
face
זִקְנֵ֥י
zâqên
H2205
old
הָעִֽיר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
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World English Bible Public Domain
and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
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King James Version Public Domain
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy 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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And behold, he has set forth shameful things, saying, “I did not find virginity in your daughter.” But these the virginity of my daughter.’ And they shall spread the garment out to the faces of the elders of the city.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).