Saturday, December 1, 2012

MODERN VERSIONS REWARD RAPE

And 5 out of 6 Modern Bible versions reward it. Modern versions reward rapists by giving the rapist the damsel. These modern perversions give enemies of God great cause to blaspheme. See Deut 22:28-29 (the first NLT is from http://www.evilbible.com/Rape.htm, the other is from http://www.biblegateway.com):

NLT: 28 If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. 29 Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her,

HCSB: 28 If a man encounters a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, takes hold of her and
rapes her, and they are discovered, 29 the man who raped her must give the young woman's father 50 silver [shekels], and she must become his wife because he violated her.

NIV: 28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and
rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her.

TNIV: 28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and
rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. 

NASB: 28 If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and
seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her;

MSG: 28-29 When a man comes upon a virgin who has never been engaged and grabs and
rapes her and they are found out, the man who raped her has to give her father fifty pieces of silver. He has to marry her because he took advantage of her.

AMP: 28 If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he
seizes her and lies with her and they are found, 29 Then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her;

ESV: 28 If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and
seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her.

NCV: 28 If a man meets a virgin who is not engaged to be married and
forces her to have sexual relations with him and people find out about it, 29 the man must pay the girl's father about one and one-fourth pounds of silver. He must also marry the girl, because he has dishonored her,

NLT: 28 Suppose a man has intercourse with a young woman who is a virgin but is not engaged to be married. If they are discovered, 29 he must pay her father fifty pieces of silver. Then he must marry the young woman because he
violated her,  

The modern versions have given men just cause to rape whom we desire, and be rewarded for it with the damsel. But look at the KJB: 

Deut 22:28-29 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her,  

Nothing necessarily about rape or violation in here. Maybe "date rape", where she was willing. Being humbled is not the same thing as being violated. Rape was already covered just a few verses earlier in the same chapter: 

Deut 22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: 

See the word "force" instead of "find" and "lay hold"? Surprisingly, the CEV actually has the right idea: 

28 Suppose a woman isn't engaged to be married, and a man talks her into sleeping with him. If they are caught, 29 they will be forced to get married. He must give her father fifty pieces of silver as a bride-price ... 

Of course there are no important differences in the modern versions, right?

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