Deuteronomy 22:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, ‘I married this woman, but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And charges her with shameful things and gives her an evil reputation, and says, I took this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find in her the tokens of a virgin,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;

Common English Bible

¹⁴ He then spreads false claims about her to the point that she has a bad reputation, because he said such things as, “I married this woman, but when I went to have sex with her, I couldn’t find any proof that she was a virgin.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ and so he seeks opportunities to dismiss her, imputing a very wicked name to her by saying, 'I received this woman as a wife, and upon entering to her, I found her not to be a virgin,'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And seek occasions to put her away, laying to her charge a very ill name, and say: I took this woman to wife, and going in to her, I found her not a virgin:

Deuteronomy 22:14 Cross References

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Deuteronomy 22:13

“Suppose a man marries a woman but after going in to her dislikes her

Deuteronomy 22:15

The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

Deuteronomy 22:19

they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the young woman’s father) because he has slandered a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife; he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.