Exodus 22:17 “If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still mus…”

Exodus 22:17

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

World English Bible

If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

American Standard Version

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

Geneva Bible 1599

If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shall pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins.

Darby Translation

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.

Young's Literal Translation

if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

Bible in Basic English

If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

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Cross references

“utterly”

Deuteronomy 7:3 Deuteronomy 7:4

Deuteronomy 7:3 · BSB

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Deuteronomy 7:4 · BSB

because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

“pay”

Genesis 23:16

Genesis 23:16 · BSB

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

“dowry of virgins”

Genesis 34:12 1 Samuel 18:25 Deuteronomy 22:29

Genesis 34:12 · BSB

Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

1 Samuel 18:25 · BSB

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

Deuteronomy 22:29 · BSB

then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

18You must not allow a sorceress to live.

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