16The girl's father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her.


In Context

13 If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her

14 and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,"

15 then the girl's father and mother shall bring proof that she was a virgin to the town elders at the gate.

16 The girl's father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her.

17 Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town,

18 and the elders shall take the man and punish him.

Deuteronomy 22:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man as wife, and he hates her;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hateth her,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16and the young lady's father shall tell the elders, |I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16and the father of the damsel hath said unto the elders, My daughter I have given to this man for a wife, and he doth hate her;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the damsel's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;