Numbers 5:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁴ and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into 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 a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 5:23

“Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and wash them off into the water of bitterness;

Numbers 5:25

And the priest shall take the cereal offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the cereal offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar;