“When someone is convicted of a crime punishable by death and is executed and you hang him on a tree,
Deuteronomy 22:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You shall do nothing to the young woman; the young woman has not committed an offense punishable by death, because this case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin punishable by death, for this is as when a man attacks and slays his neighbor, American Standard Version (1901) but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter; Common English Bible Don’t do anything whatsoever to the young woman. She hasn’t committed any capital crime—rather, this situation is exactly like the one where someone attacks his neighbor and kills him. Catholic Public Domain Version The girl shall suffer nothing, nor is she guilty unto death. For just as a robber rises up against his brother and slays his life, so also did the girl suffer greatly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The damsel shall suffer nothing, neither is she guilty of death. For as a robber riseth against his brother, and taketh away his life, so also did the damsel suffer: |
“When someone is convicted of a crime punishable by death and is executed and you hang him on a tree,
“But if the man meets the engaged woman in the open country and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
Since he found her in the open country, the engaged woman may have cried for help, but there was no one to rescue her.