Deuteronomy 22:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ “If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman’s virginity was not found,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But if it is true that the evidences of virginity were not found in the young woman,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

Common English Bible

²⁰ However, if the claim is true and proof of the young woman’s virginity can’t be produced,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But if what he has claimed is true and virginity is not found in the girl,

Deuteronomy 22:20 Cross References

Matthew 1:19

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.

Genesis 34:7

just as the sons of Jacob came in from the field. When they heard of it, the men were indignant and very angry, because he had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

Deuteronomy 17:4

and if it is reported to you or you hear of it, and you make a thorough inquiry, and the charge is proved true that such an abhorrent thing has occurred in Israel,

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.