Deuteronomy 24:4
ContextNET © | her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry 1 her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. 2 You must not bring guilt on the land 3 which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. |
NIV © | then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the LORD. Do not bring sin upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. |
NASB © | then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance. |
NLT © | the former husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession. |
MSG © | then the first husband who divorced her can't marry her again. She has made herself ritually unclean, and her remarriage would be an abomination in the Presence of GOD and defile the land with sin, this land that GOD, your God, is giving you as an inheritance. |
BBE © | Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage. |
NRSV © | her first husband, who sent her away, is not permitted to take her again to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that would be abhorrent to the LORD, and you shall not bring guilt on the land that the LORD your God is giving you as a possession. |
NKJV © | " then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. |
KJV | |
NASB © | then her former <07223> husband <01167> who <0834> sent <07971> her away <07971> is not allowed <03201> to take <03947> her again <07725> to be his wife <0802> , since <0310> ; for that is an abomination <08441> before <06440> the LORD <03068> , and you shall not bring <02398> sin <02398> on the land <0776> which <0834> the LORD <03068> your God <0430> gives <05414> you as an inheritance .<05159> |
HEBREW | o |
LXXM | |
NET © [draft] ITL | her first <07223> husband <01167> who divorced <07971> her is not <03808> permitted <03201> to remarry her <0802> <03947> after <0310> she has become ritually impure <02930> , for <03588> that is <01931> offensive <08441> to the Lord <03068> . You must not <03808> bring guilt <02398> on the land <0776> which <0834> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> is giving <05414> you as an inheritance .<05159> |
NET © | her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry 1 her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. 2 You must not bring guilt on the land 3 which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “to return to take her to be his wife.” 2 sn The issue here is not divorce and its grounds per se but prohibition of remarriage to a mate whom one has previously divorced. 3 tn Heb “cause the land to sin” (so KJV, ASV). |