^22:14accusing her of impropriety²⁷ and defaming her reputation²⁸ by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations²⁹ with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

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Footnotes

27 Heb “deeds of things”; “makes up charges against her”; “slanders her.”
28 Heb “brings against her a bad name”; “gives her a bad name.”
29 Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, ‘I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her evidence of virginity,’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and accuses her of shameful conduct, and gives her a bad name, saying, ‘I married this woman and was intimate with her, but I didn’t find any evidence of her virginity,’

NLTNew Living Translation

and publicly accuses her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘When I married this woman, I discovered she was not a virgin.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and he accuses her falsely, and he defames her, and he says ‘This woman I took and I lay with her and I discovered that she was not a virgin,’

KJV 1900King James Version

And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

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