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Exodus 22:15-16
New International Version
Exodus 22:15-16
New International Version
15 But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.(A)
Social Responsibility
16 “If a man seduces a virgin(B) who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price,(C) and she shall be his wife.
Exodus 22:15-16
English Standard Version
Exodus 22:15-16
English Standard Version
15 If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.[a]
Laws for a Just Community
16 (A)“If a man seduces a virgin[b] who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price[c] for her and make her his wife.
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- Exodus 22:15 Or it is reckoned in (Hebrew comes into) its hiring fee
- Exodus 22:16 Or a girl of marriageable age; also verse 17
- Exodus 22:16 Or engagement present; also verse 17
Exodus 22:15-16
New King James Version
Exodus 22:15-16
New King James Version
15 If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.
Moral and Ceremonial Principles
16 (A)“If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife.
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Exodus 22:15-16
King James Version
Exodus 22:15-16
King James Version
15 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.
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
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