Exodus 22:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
If her father utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
American King James Version (AKJV)
If her father utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
American Standard Version (ASV)
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.
Webster's Revision
If her father shall utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dower of virgins.
World English Bible
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
English Revised Version (ERV)
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Wesley's Exodus 22:17 Bible Commentary
22:17 If the father refused, he shall pay money — This shews how ill a thing it is, and by no means to be allowed, that children should marry without their parents consent: even here where the divine law appointed the marriage, both as a punishment to him that had done wrong, and a recompence to her that had suffered wrong, yet there was an express reservation for the father's power; if he denied his consent, it must be no marriage.
