Numbers 5:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² The priest must say, ‘You must drink this water that causes trouble. If you have sinned, you will not be able to have children and any baby you have will die before it is born.’ And the woman should say: ‘I agree to do as you say.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² May this water that brings the curse go into your bowels and make your body swell and your thigh fall away. And the woman shall say, So let it be, so let it be.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

Common English Bible

²² And may the water that brings these curses enter your stomach and make your womb discharge and make you miscarry.” And the woman will say, “I agree, I agree.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² May the cursed waters enter into your stomach, and may your womb swell and your thigh rot.' And the woman shall respond: 'Amen, amen.'

Numbers 5:22 Cross References

Psalm 109:18

Let curses be his clothes.\par Let curses be the water he drinks.\par Let curses be the oil on his body.\par

John 6:53

Jesus said, “I tell you the truth. You must eat the body of the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [94]} And you must drink his blood. If you don’t do this, then you don’t have real life in you.

John 3:11

I tell you the truth. We talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don’t accept what we tell you.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. A person must be born again. If a person is not born again, then that person cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

Ezekiel 3:3

Then \{God\} said, “Son of man, I am giving you this scroll. Swallow it! Let that scroll fill your body.”

Proverbs 1:31

You people lived the way you wanted to live. You followed your own advice. So now you must accept the result of your own actions!

Psalm 89:52

Bless the Lord forever!\par

Psalm 72:19

Praise his glorious name forever!\par Let his glory fill the whole world!\par Amen and Amen! {\cf2\super [414]} \par

Psalm 41:13

Bless the Lord, God of Israel!\par He always was,\par and he always will be.\par

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]

Numbers 5:23

“The priest should write those warnings on a scroll. [83] Then he should wash the words off into the water.