Numbers 5:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

May this water that brings a curse enter your body, causing your abdomen to swell and your thigh to waste away.' And the woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and this water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779} shall go{H935} into thy bowels,{H4578} and make thy body{H990} to swell,{H6638} and thy thigh{H3409} to fall away.{H5307} And the woman{H802} shall say,{H559} Amen,{H543} Amen.{H543}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And this water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)} shall go{H935}{(H8804)} into thy bowels{H4578}, to make thy belly{H990} to swell{H6638}{(H8687)}, and thy thigh{H3409} to rot{H5307}{(H8687)}: And the woman{H802} shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, Amen{H543}, amen{H543}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and thys bytter cursynge water goo in to the bowels of the that thy bely swell and thy thye rotte and the wyfe shall saye Amen Amen.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So go this cursed water in to thy body, that yi wombe berst, and thy thye rotte. And the wife shal saye: Amen Amen.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And that this cursed water may goe into thy bowels, to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. Then the woman shall answere, Amen, Amen.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    These cursed waters go into the bowels of thee, that they may make thy belly swell, and thy thigh to rotte. And let the woman say, Amen amen.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.' The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away." The woman shall say, "Amen, Amen."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” Then the woman must say,“Amen, amen.”

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:18 : 18 He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
  • Deut 27:15-26 : 15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 17 Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 18 Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 20 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 21 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 22 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 23 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 24 Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor secretly. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 25 Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 26 Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Job 31:21-22 : 21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate, 22 then let my shoulder fall from its socket, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.
  • Job 31:39-40 : 39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners, 40 then let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
  • Ps 7:4-5 : 4 O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, 5 if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,
  • Ps 41:13 : 13 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity and set me in your presence forever.
  • Ps 72:19 : 19 Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
  • Ps 89:52 : 52 The insults with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
  • Ezek 3:3 : 3 He said to me, "Son of man, let this scroll fill your stomach and satisfy your insides. I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth."
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
  • John 3:11 : 11 Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.
  • John 5:24-25 : 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. 25 Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  • John 6:53 : 53 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.'
  • Num 5:27 : 27 When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to shrink. The woman will then become a curse among her people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 5:16-21
    6 verses
    92%

    16 The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the Lord.

    17 Then the priest will take holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

    18 After the woman is made to stand before the Lord, the priest will loosen her hair, place the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering for jealousy, into her hands, and hold in his hands the bitter water that brings a curse.

    19 The priest shall put her under oath and say to her, 'If no man has lain with you and you have not gone astray, defiling yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.'

    20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—

    21 then the priest will put the woman under the curse oath and say to her, 'May the Lord make you a curse and an example of cursing among your people by making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell.'

  • Num 5:23-28
    6 verses
    87%

    23 The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.

    24 He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her, causing bitter suffering.

    25 The priest shall take the jealousy offering from the woman’s hand, wave the offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar.

    26 The priest shall take a handful of the offering as its memorial portion and burn it on the altar, and afterward, he shall make the woman drink the water.

    27 When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to shrink. The woman will then become a curse among her people.

    28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to conceive children.

  • 2 Chr 21:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a devastating plague.

    15 You yourself will suffer painful illnesses of your intestines until your intestines come out day by day because of the disease.

  • Deut 28:15-21
    7 verses
    71%

    15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.

    16 Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the field.

    17 Cursed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.

    18 Cursed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, the offspring of your cattle, and the increase of your flocks.

    19 Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.

    20 The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me.

    21 The LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you until He has consumed you from the land that you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 27:15-24
    10 verses
    70%

    15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    17 Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    18 Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    20 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    21 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    22 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    23 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    24 Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor secretly. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Deut 27:26
    70%

    26 Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Deut 28:35
    69%

    35 The LORD will strike you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and legs, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

  • Ps 109:18
    69%

    18 He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

  • Zech 5:3
    69%

    3 Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that is going out over the whole land: for everyone who steals will be judged according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be judged according to what is written on the other side.'

  • Deut 29:19
    68%

    19 The LORD will not be willing to forgive such a person. His anger and jealousy will burn against them, and every curse written in this scroll will fall on them. The LORD will blot out their name from under the heavens.

  • 2 Chr 34:24
    66%

    24 'This is what the LORD says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and its inhabitants, all the curses written in the book that was read in the presence of the king of Judah.

  • Jer 11:3
    66%

    3 Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the one who does not listen to the words of this covenant.

  • Lev 15:22
    66%

    22 Anyone who touches any object she has sat on must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

  • Deut 28:56
    66%

    56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter.

  • Deut 29:27
    66%

    27 In His anger and great wrath, the LORD uprooted them from their land and cast them into another land, as it is today.

  • Lam 3:65
    66%

    65 Give them hardness of heart; may Your curse be upon them.

  • Deut 11:29
    66%

    29 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • Lev 26:16
    66%

    16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will bring sudden terror upon you, wasting diseases and fever that destroy your eyes and drain your strength. You will plant your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.

  • Lev 24:15
    66%

    15 And speak to the Israelites, saying: If any man curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

  • Jer 44:22
    66%

    22 Because the LORD could no longer endure the wickedness of your actions and the detestable things you committed, your land became a ruin, a desolation, and a curse, without inhabitants, as it is today.

  • Num 5:31
    66%

    31 The man will be free of guilt, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.

  • Exod 23:25
    66%

    25 Worship the LORD your God, and he will bless your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.

  • Deut 11:26
    65%

    26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—

  • Deut 28:45
    65%

    45 All these curses will come upon you, pursue you, and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that He commanded you.