Deuteronomy 22:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,”

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BSBPD

“Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 22:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 29:21Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
  2. Genesis 29:23But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
  3. Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
  4. Deuteronomy 24:1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
  5. Judges 15:1Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.
  6. Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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