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Deuteronomy 24:3

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

KJV

et ille quoque oderit eam, dederitque ei libellum repudii, et dimiserit de domo sua, vel certe mortuus fuerit :

Vulgate

καὶ μισήσῃ αὐτὴν ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἔσχατος, καὶ γράψει αὐτῇ βιβλίον ἀποστασίου καὶ δώσει εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς καὶ ἐξαποστελεῖ αὐτὴν ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἔσχατος ὃς ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα·

LXX

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

ASV

וּ/שְׂנֵאָ/הּ֮ הָ/אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אַחֲרוֹן֒ וְ/כָ֨תַב לָ֜/הּ סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ וְ/נָתַ֣ן בְּ/יָדָ֔/הּ וְ/שִׁלְּחָ֖/הּ מִ/בֵּית֑/וֹ א֣וֹ כִ֤י יָמוּת֙ הָ/אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אַחֲר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר לְקָחָ֥/הּ ל֖/וֹ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַחֲרֹנָֽה
'chrnh
adjective · 50×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
verb · 148×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כְּרִיתֻת֙
krytt
noun · 4×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…

Cross-references

  • Deut 24:1 — When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and
  • Jer 3:8 — And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played t