(NIV)
‘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.
(ESV)
“
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.
(NIV)
Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else marry her.’
(ESV)
And is
there any
man who has
betrothed a
wife and has
not taken her? Let him
go back to his
house,
lest he
die in the
battle and
another man take her.’
(NIV)
If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,
(ESV)
“
If there is a
betrothed virgin, and a
man meets her in the
city and
lies with her,
(NIV)
But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die.
(ESV)
“But
if in the open
country a
man meets a
young woman who is
betrothed, and the
man seizes her and
lies with her, then only the
man who lay with her shall
die.
(NIV)
for the man found the young woman out in the country, and though the betrothed woman screamed, there was no one to rescue her.
(ESV)
because he
met her in the open
country, and though the
betrothed young woman cried for
help there was no
one to
rescue her.
(NIV)
If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,
(ESV)
“
If a
man meets a
virgin who is
not betrothed, and
seizes her and
lies with her, and they are
found,
(NIV)
You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
(ESV)
You shall
betroth a
wife, but
another man shall
ravish her. You shall
build a
house, but you shall
not dwell in it. You shall
plant a
vineyard, but you shall
not enjoy its
fruit.
(NIV)
Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, ‘Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.’
(ESV)
Then
David sent messengers to
Ish-bosheth,
Saul’s son,
saying, “
Give me my
wife Michal, for whom I
paid the bridal price of a
hundred foreskins of the
Philistines.”
(NIV)
‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
‘This is what the
Lord says:
‘“I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown.
(ESV)
“
Go and
proclaim in the
hearing of
Jerusalem,
Thus says the
Lord,
“I
remember the
devotion of your
youth,
your
love as a
bride,
how you
followed me in the
wilderness,
in a
land not sown.
(NIV)
I will betroth you to me for ever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion.
(ESV)
And I
will betroth you to me
forever. I will
betroth you to me in
righteousness and in
justice, in
steadfast love and in
mercy.
(NIV)
I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the
Lord.
(ESV)
I will
betroth you to me in
faithfulness. And you shall
know the
Lord.
(NIV)
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : his mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
(ESV)
Now the
birth of
Jesus Christ took place in this
way.
When his mother Mary had been
betrothed to
Joseph,
before they came together she was
found to be with
child from the
Holy Spirit.
(NIV)
to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
(ESV)
to a
virgin betrothed to a
man whose name was
Joseph of the
house of
David.
And the
virgin’s name was
Mary.
(NIV)
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
(ESV)
to be
registered with Mary,
his betrothed, who
was with
child.
(NIV)
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
(ESV)
For I
feel a
divine jealousy for you, since I
betrothed you to
one husband to
present you as a
pure virgin to
Christ.
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