and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and desire to take her as your wife;
Parallel translations
- KJV And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
- BSB if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
- ESV and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife,
- NKJV and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your wife,
- NASB and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and are strongly attracted to her and would take her as a wife for yourself,
- NLT And suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her and want to marry her.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 31:10Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
- Gen 34:8Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
- Gen 12:14–15When Abram had come into Egypt, Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
- Prov 6:25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
- Gen 34:3His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
- Gen 29:18–20Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
- Num 31:18But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
- Gen 6:2God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
- Judg 14:2–3He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”
- Prov 31:30Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
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