Ulangan 22:16

22:16 The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected ¹  her.

Ulangan 33:11

33:11 Bless, O Lord, his goods,

and be pleased with his efforts;

undercut the legs ²  of any who attack him,

and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

[22:16]  ¹ tn Heb “hated.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.

[33:11]  ² tn Heb “smash the sinews [or “loins,” so many English versions].” This part of the body was considered to be center of one’s strength (cf. Job 40:16; Ps 69:24; Prov 31:17; Nah 2:2, 11). See J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy (JPSTC), 325.