The Adultery Test
Numbers 5:23
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
- KJV
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
- WEB
- “‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.
- ASV
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
- LSV
- And the priest has written these execrations in a scroll, and has blotted [them] out with the bitter waters,
- YLT
- 'And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted [them] out with the bitter waters,
- DBY
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
- DRC
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall wash them out with the most bitter waters, upon which he hath heaped the curses,
- GNV
- After, the Priest shall write these curses in a booke, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
- JPS
- And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
- LXXE
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the water of the conviction that brings the curse.Gr. in.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְ֠כָתַב אֶת־הָאָלֹ֥ת הָאֵ֛לֶּה הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בַּסֵּ֑פֶר וּמָחָ֖ה אֶל־מֵ֥י הַמָּרִֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ γράψει ὁ ἱερεὺς τὰς ἀρὰς ταύτας εἰς βιβλίον, καὶ ἐξαλείψει εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ ἐλεγμοῦ τοῦ ἐπικαταρωμένου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AdulteryWater of jealousyJealousyBitter WaterSwellRehoboth by the RiverSelf-IncriminationInkCurseRighteousness
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
- Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 51:9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
- Jeremiah 51:60–64Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you…
- 2 Chronicles 34:24that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
- 1 Corinthians 16:21–22This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
- Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
- Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Exodus 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).