If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her;
Parallel translations
- KJV If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
- BSB If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
- NKJV “If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,
- NASB “If there is a girl who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her,
- NLT “Suppose a man meets a young woman, a virgin who is engaged to be married, and he has sexual intercourse with her. If this happens within a town,
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Cross-references · 2
- Matt 1:18–19Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
- Deut 20:7What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”
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