Deuteronomy 22:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ the man who lay with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the young woman’s father, and she shall become his wife. Because he violated her, he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her; he may not divorce her all his days.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

Common English Bible

²⁹ the man who had sex with her must give fifty silver shekels to the young woman’s father. She will also become his wife because he has humiliated her. He is never allowed to divorce her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ then he who slept with her shall give to the father of the girl fifty shekels of silver, and he shall have her as a wife, because he has humiliated her. He cannot dismiss her, throughout all the days of his life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her. He may not put her away all the days of his life.

Deuteronomy 22:29 Cross References

Exodus 22:15

If the owner was present, there shall be no restitution; if it was hired, only the hiring fee is due.

Exodus 22:16

“When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

Deuteronomy 21:14

But if you are not satisfied with her, you shall let her go free and certainly not sell her for money. You must not treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

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.

Deuteronomy 22:24

you shall bring both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry for help in the town and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 22:28

“If a man meets a virgin who is not engaged and seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

Deuteronomy 22:30

“A man shall not marry his father’s wife, thereby violating his father’s rights.