Numbers 5:12

What does Numbers 5:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 5:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`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,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go astray, and commit unfaithfulness against him,

Context

v.11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

v.12This passage

v.13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 2:16

    To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Numbers 5:19

    And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

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