Deuteronomy 21:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:2 : 2 and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
  • Gen 12:14-15 : 14 And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she `is' exceeding fair; 15 and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken `to' Pharaoh's house;
  • Gen 29:18-20 : 18 And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:' 19 and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;' 20 and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.
  • Gen 34:8 : 8 And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,
  • Num 31:18 : 18 and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
  • Judg 14:2-3 : 2 and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, `A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.' 3 And his father saith to him -- also his mother, `Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, a woman, that thou art going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?' and Samson saith unto his father, `Take her for me, for she is right in mine eyes.'
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price.
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

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