20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
20 If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman's virginity can be found,
20 But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman,
20 But if it turns out that the accusation is true and there is no evidence of the girl's virginity,
20 But if the thing is true, and evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman,
20 "But suppose the man's accusations are true, and he can show that she was not a virgin.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:20
Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13-30
(Read Deuteronomy 22:13-30)
These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.