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Deuteronomy 22:25

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22:25But if the man came across46 the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped47 her, then only the rapist48 must die.

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Footnotes

  1. 46 Heb “found,” also in vv. 27, 28.
  2. 47 Heb “lay with” here refers to a forced sexual relationship, as the accompanying verb “seized” (חָזַק, khazaq) makes clear.
  3. 48 Heb “the man who lay with her, only him.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But if the man encounters an engaged woman in the open country, and he seizes and rapes her, only the man who raped her must die.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But if the man meets the engaged woman out in the country, and he rapes her, then only the man must die.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But if the man finds the young engaged woman in the field and the man overpowers her and he has sex with her, then the man only must die who lay with her.

KJV 1900King James Version

But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: