Deuteronomy 24:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then suppose the second man dislikes her, writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house (or the second man who married her dies):

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And if the latter husband dislikes her and writes her a bill of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies, who took her as his wife,

American Standard Version (1901)

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

Common English Bible

But this new husband also dislikes her, writes up divorce papers, hands them to her, and sends her out of his house (or suppose the second husband dies).

Catholic Public Domain Version

and if he likewise hates her, and has given her a bill of divorce, and has dismissed her from his house, or if indeed he has died,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he also hateth her, and hath given her a bill of divorce, and hath sent her out of his house, or is dead:

Deuteronomy 24:3 Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: Where is your mother’s bill of divorce with which I dismissed her? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? No, because of your sins you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was dismissed.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce, yet her false sister Judah did not fear, but she also went and prostituted herself.

Matthew 5:31

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

Mark 10:4

They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”

Deuteronomy 24:1

“Suppose a man enters into marriage with a woman but she does not please him because he finds something objectionable about her, so he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house;

Deuteronomy 24:2

she then leaves his house and goes off to become another man’s wife.

Deuteronomy 24:4

her first husband, who sent her away, is not permitted to take her again to be his wife after she has been defiled, for that would be abhorrent to the Lord, and you shall not bring guilt on the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.