Set the dowry and the presents as high as you like and I’ll give whatever you say to me. But give me the young woman as a wife.”
Exodus 22:15 - Tree of Life Version “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if the owner is with it [when the damage is done], the borrower shall not make it good. If it is a hired thing, the damage is included in its hire. American Standard Version (1901) If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire. Common English Bible If the owner was present, no payment needs to be made. If the animal was hired, only the fee for hiring the animal is due. Catholic Public Domain Version But if the owner was present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it had been brought for hired work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if the owner be present, he shall not make restitution: especially if it were hired and came for the hire of his work. |
Set the dowry and the presents as high as you like and I’ll give whatever you say to me. But give me the young woman as a wife.”
But if the owner is present, he is not required to pay restitution. If it was rented, it is covered by the rental fee.
But if her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he must weigh out silver equal to the dowry for virgins.
Before those days there were no wages for man or animal, nor was there any shalom from adversity for those who came or went because I set every one against his neighbor.
Then the man who lay with her is to give to the young woman’s father 50 pieces of silver, and she is to be his wife, since he has humiliated her—he may not send her away all his days.