Deuteronomy 22:27
in Deuteronomy 22When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
KJV
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country
on Deuteronomy 22:25-27
In the open country only the man dies. The statute says “she has committed no sin worthy of death”, for “there was no one to save her”. The lack of witnesses is read in her favour.
This site's exposition
there was no one to save
No witness heard the betrothed woman out in the field. The law still counts her as having cried out, and Wesley calls this charity, which believes the best until the contrary is shown.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
For he found her in the field,.... Which is a circumstance in her favour, from which it might he presumed that she was forced, and did not consent; for had the sin been committed by agreement, they would doubtless have betook themselves to another place: and the betrothed damsel cried as it might be concluded from the above circumstance she did, and as she herself declared, and which he could not gainsay, or however disprove: and there was none to save her; to help her against him, and deliver her out of his hands.
Now by this law it is intimated to us, (1.) That we shall suffer only for the wickedness we do, not for that which is done to us. That is no sin which has not more or less of the will in it.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | vasadeh | in the open country | H7704 → | 334 times |
| מְצָאָ֑הּ | metzaah | he found her | H4672 → | 455 times |
| צָעֲקָ֗ה | tzaakah | she cried for help | H6817 → | 55 times |
| הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ | hanaar | the young woman | H5291 → | 63 times |
| הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔ה | hamorasah | <the> betrothed | H781 → | 11 times |
| וְאֵ֥ין | veein | and not | H369 → | 789 times |
| מוֹשִׁ֖יעַ | moshia' | a deliverer | H3467 → | 206 times |
| לָֽהּ׃ ס | lah | [belonged] to <the> her |
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
בַשָּׂדֶ֖הin the open country
vasadehH7704 →334 times
מְצָאָ֑הּhe found her
metzaahH4672 →455 times
צָעֲקָ֗הshe cried for help
tzaakahH6817 →55 times
הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙the young woman
hanaarH5291 →63 times
הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔ה<the> betrothed
hamorasahH781 →11 times
וְאֵ֥יןand not
veeinH369 →789 times
מוֹשִׁ֖יעַa deliverer
moshia'H3467 →206 times
לָֽהּ׃ ס[belonged] to <the> her
lah
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- 2 Timothy 2:24
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- 1 Peter 4:8
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.