Deuteronomy 22:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And her father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he hates and spurns her;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ and the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The young woman’s father will say to the elders: “I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but he doesn’t like her anymore.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And the father shall say: 'I gave my daughter to this man as a wife. And because he hates her,

Deuteronomy 22:16 Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:13

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

Deuteronomy 22:15

then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

Deuteronomy 22:17

and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.