King James Version
Deuteronomy 22:27 in the King James Version says “For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.”
Deuteronomy 22:27 · KJV
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: force: or, take strong hold of
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
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, he may not put her away all his days.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For he found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“and there was none to save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
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