Numbers 5:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter her and cause bitter pain.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ and he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her [to try her] bitterly.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Then he will make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse. And the water that brings the curse will enter her, causing bitterness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ and he shall give it to her to drink. And when she has emptied it,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And he shall give them her to drink. And when she hath drunk them up,

Numbers 5:24 Cross References

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 5:23

“Then the priest shall put these curses in writing and wash them off into the water of bitterness.

Numbers 5:25

The priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand and shall elevate the grain offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar,