So then he that gives her in marriage does well; but he that gives her not in marriage does better.
So then he that gives her in marriage does well; but he that gives her not in marriage does better.
So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.
So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better.
So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.
Doeth well - Does right; violates no law in it, and is not to be blamed for it.
Doeth better - Does that which is on the whole to be preferred, if it can be done. He more certainly, in the present circumstances, consults her happiness by withholding her from the marriage connection than he could by allowing her to enter it.
7:38 Doeth better - If there be no necessity.