Deuteronomy 22:26 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁶ “But you shall do no matter to the girl. The girl has no sin worthy of death – for the matter is like a man who rises against his neighbour and kills him –

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin punishable by death, for this is as when a man attacks and slays his neighbor,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter;

Common English Bible

²⁶ Don’t do anything whatsoever to the young woman. She hasn’t committed any capital crime—rather, this situation is exactly like the one where someone attacks his neighbor and kills him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ The girl shall suffer nothing, nor is she guilty unto death. For just as a robber rises up against his brother and slays his life, so also did the girl suffer greatly.

Deuteronomy 22:26 Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:22

“And when a man has committed a sin worthy of death, then he shall be put to death and you shall hang him on a tree.

Deuteronomy 22:25

“But if a man finds the girl who is engaged in the field, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

Deuteronomy 22:27

for he found her in the field, and she cried out, the engaged girl, but without anyone to save her.