Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and one doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Holman Bible
“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.
International Standard Version
"When a man is newly married, he must not be sent out to war or have a related duty placed on him. Let him stay home for one year and be happy with his wife whom he has married.
A Conservative Version
When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be charged with any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
American Standard Version
When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.
Amplified
“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out [to fight] with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
Bible in Basic English
A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.
Darby Translation
When a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall any kind of business be imposed upon him; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he hath taken.
Julia Smith Translation
When a man shall take a new wife, he shall not go out in the war, and nothing shall pass upon him for any word: he shall be free to his house one year, and gladden his wife whom he took.
King James 2000
When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and {he shall not be obligated with anything}; he shall be free from obligation, {to stay at home} for one year, and he shall bring joy [to] his wife that he took.
Modern King James verseion
When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any duty. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife whom he has taken.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go a warfare neither shall be charged with any business: but shall be free at home one year and rejoice with his wife which he hath taken.
NET Bible
When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.
New Heart English Bible
When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
The Emphasized Bible
When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go forth to war, neither shall he be charged with any business, - free, shall he be for his own house one year, and shall rejoice with his wife whom he hath taken.
Webster
When a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife which he hath taken.
World English Bible
When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
Themes
the Armies of israel » Persons exempted from serving in » Who were newly married
Bridegroom » Exempt from military duty
Home » Husbands and wives » Duties of husbands
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Marriage » The groom exempt one year from military duty
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Husbands' duties
Topics
Interlinear
Laqach
Yatsa'
`abar
Dabar
Naqiy
'echad
Shaneh (in pl. only),
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 24:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
4 Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it is before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance. 5 When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and one doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken. 6 None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:7
And who is the man that hath betrothed a woman, and hath not taken her? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her.
Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
Genesis 2:24
therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.
Matthew 19:4-6
And he answering said to them, 'Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them,
Mark 10:6-9
but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;
1 Corinthians 7:10-15
and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:
1 Corinthians 7:29
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;
Ephesians 5:28-29
so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;
Titus 2:4-5
that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,