Numbers 5:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ If that is true, then you will have much trouble when you drink this special water. You will not be able to have any children. And if you are pregnant now, your baby will die. [82] Then your people will leave you and say bad things about you.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then the priest shall make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman, The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people when the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your body swell.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell;

Common English Bible

²¹ then the priest must make the woman utter the curse and say to the woman, “May the LORD make you a curse and a harmful pledge among your people, when the LORD induces a miscarriage and your womb discharges.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ these curses shall be thrown upon you: May the Lord turn you into a curse and an example among all his people. May he cause your thigh to rot, and may your abdomen swell up and burst out.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ These curses shall light upon thee. The Lord make thee a curse, and an example for all among his people. May he make thy thigh to rot: and may thy belly swell and burst asunder.

Numbers 5:21 Cross References

2 Chronicles 21:15

You will have a terrible sickness in your bowels. It will become worse every day. Then your bowels will come out because of your terrible sickness.’”

Proverbs 10:7

Good people leave good memories. But evil people will soon be forgotten.

Isaiah 65:15

Your names will be like bad words\par to my servants.”\par

Jeremiah 29:22

All of the Jewish captives will use those men as examples when they ask for bad things to happen to other people. Those captives will say: ‘May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab. The king of Babylon burned those two in the fire!’

Numbers 5:27

If the woman has sinned against her husband, then the water will bring her trouble. The water will go into her body and cause her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born, and she will never be able to have children. All the people will turn against her. [85]

Matthew 26:74

Then Peter began to curse. He said strongly, “I promise to God that I don’t know this man Jesus!” After Peter said this, a rooster crowed.

Joshua 6:26

At that time, Joshua made this important promise. He said:

1 Samuel 14:24

But Saul made a big mistake that day. [132] The Israelites were tired and hungry. This was because Saul forced the people to make this promise: Saul said, “If any man eats food before evening comes and before I finish defeating my enemies, then that man will be punished!” So none of the Israelite soldiers ate any food.