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The Adultery Test

Numbers 5:31

In 11 translations

BSB
The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”
KJV
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
WEB
The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’”
ASV
And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.
LSV
and the man has been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman bears her iniquity.”
YLT
and the man hath been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman doth bear her iniquity.'
DBY
Then shall the man be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.
DRC
The husband shall be blameless, and she shall bear her iniquity.
GNV
And the man shalbe free from sinne, but this woman shall beare her iniquitie.
JPS
And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.
LXXE
Then the man shall be clear from sin, and that woman shall bear her sin.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְנִקָּ֥ה הָאִ֖ישׁ מֵעָוֺ֑ן וְהָאִשָּׁ֣ה הַהִ֔וא תִּשָּׂ֖א אֶת־עֲוֺנָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἀθῶος ἔσται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας· καὶ γυνὴ ἐκείνη λήψεται τὴν ἁμαρτίαν αὐτῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  • Romans 2:8–9But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the…
  • Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
  • Leviticus 20:17–20If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of…
  • Numbers 9:13But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man…
  • Psalms 37:6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

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