◄ Deuteronomy 22:16 ►
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Good News Translation
Her father will say to them, 'I gave my daughter to this man in marriage, and now he doesn't want her.

New Revised Standard Version
The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man but he dislikes her;

Contemporary English Version
Her father will say, "I let my daughter marry this man, but he started hating her

New American Bible
There the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man in marriage, but he has come to dislike her,

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Context
Marriage Violations
…15Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate: 16And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,17He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city:…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:13
If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her,

Deuteronomy 22:15
Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate:

Deuteronomy 22:17
He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city:

Deuteronomy 22:15
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