Numbers 5:13
What does Numbers 5:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 5:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and 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;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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, neither she be taken with the manner;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and 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;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and a man hath lain with her <FI>with<Fi> the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall have slept with another man, and her husband cannot discover it, but the adultery is secret, and cannot be proved by witnesses, because she was not found in the adultery:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she be defiled in secret, and there be no witness against her, and she have not been caught;
Context
v.12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
v.13This passage
v.14and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Proverbs 7:18
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.
- Proverbs 30:20
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
- Leviticus 18:20
And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
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