Deuteronomy 22:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁵ “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ But if a man finds the betrothed maiden in the open country and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:

Common English Bible

²⁵ But if the man met up with the engaged woman in a field, grabbing her and having sex with her there, only the man will die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ But if a man discovers, in the countryside, a girl who has been betrothed, and, apprehending her, he lies with her, then he alone shall die.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ But if a man find a damsel that is betrothed, in the field, and taking hold of her, lie with her, he alone shall die.

Deuteronomy 22:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:14

But he would not listen to her; and being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit;

Deuteronomy 22:24

then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.

Deuteronomy 22:26

But to the young woman you shall do nothing; in the young woman there is no offense punishable by death, for this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor;