Deuteronomy 22:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ This man has told lies against my daughter. He said, “I did not find the proof that your daughter is a virgin.’ But here is the proof that my daughter was a virgin.”’ Then they should show the cloth [135] to the town leaders.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ and, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And behold, he has made shameful charges against her, saying, I found not in your daughter the evidences of her virginity. And yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city,

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ That’s why he has spread false claims about her, saying, ‘I couldn’t find any proof that your daughter was a virgin.’ But look! Here’s proof of my daughter’s virginity.” At that point they will spread out the blanket in front of the city’s elders.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ he accuses her with a very wicked name, by saying: "I did not find your daughter to be a virgin." But behold, these are the signs of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the clothing before the elders of the city.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin. And behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity: And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city.

Deuteronomy 22:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 43:18

The brothers were scared when they were taken to Joseph’s house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the money that was put back in our sacks the last time. They will use that as proof against us. And they will steal our donkeys and make us slaves.”

Deuteronomy 22:16

The girl’s father must say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but now he does not want her.

Deuteronomy 22:18

Then the leaders of that town must take that man and punish him.