The Adultery Test
Numbers 5:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
- KJV
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
- WEB
- “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,
- ASV
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
- LSV
- “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When any man’s wife turns aside, and has committed a trespass against him,
- YLT
- 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass,
- DBY
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go astray, and commit unfaithfulness against him,
- DRC
- Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband,
- GNV
- Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, If any mans wife turne to euill, and commit a trespasse against him,
- JPS
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: If any man's wife go aside, and act unfaithfully against him,
- LXXE
- Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosesoever wife shall transgress against him, and slight and despise him,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ כִּֽי־תִשְׂטֶ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וּמָעֲלָ֥ה ב֖וֹ מָֽעַל׃
- LXX-Br
- λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἀνδρὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐὰν παραβῇ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑπεριδοῦσα παρίδῃ αὐτὸν,
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AdulteryWater of jealousyJealousyJealousy offeringJealousy, Waters ofSwellRehoboth by the RiverSelf-IncriminationRighteousnessHusband
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Cross-references most cited first
- Numbers 5:19–20And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water…
- Proverbs 2:16–17It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
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