‘If anyone is found guilty of an offence deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
Deuteronomy 22:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Do nothing to the young woman, because she is not guilty of an offence deserving death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbour and murders him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The damsel shall suffer nothing, neither is she guilty of death. For as a robber riseth against his brother, and taketh away his life, so also did the damsel suffer: |
‘If anyone is found guilty of an offence deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
But if the man encounters an engaged woman in the open country, and he seizes and rapes her, only the man who raped her must die.
When he found her in the field, the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.