Deuteronomy 20:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ ‘And who is the man who is engaged to a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And what man has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Common English Bible

⁷ Or is there anyone here who is engaged but not yet married? He may leave and go back to his house; otherwise, he might die in the battle and someone else would marry his fiancée.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.'

Deuteronomy 20:7 Cross References

Matthew 1:18

But the birth of יהושע  Messiah was as follows: After His mother Miryam was engaged to Yosĕ

Deuteronomy 20:6

‘And who is the man who has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use it? Let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man should begin to use it.

Deuteronomy 24:5

“When a man has taken a new wife, let him not go out into the army nor let any matter be imposed upon him. He shall be exempt one year for the sake of his home, to rejoice with his wife whom he has taken.

Deuteronomy 28:30

“You become engaged to a wife, but another man does lie with her. You build a house, but do not dwell in it. You plant a vineyard, but do not use its fruit.

2 Timothy 2:4

No one serving as a soldier gets involved in the affairs of this life, in order to please only him who enlisted him as a soldier.