Numbers 5:27 - Tree of Life Version

²⁷ “When she is made to drink the water that carries the curse, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, it will enter her and cause bitterness—her abdomen will swell and her thigh will waste away. She will be accursed among her people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And when he has made her drink the water, then if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against her husband, the curse water which she drank shall be bitterness and cause her body to swell and her thigh to fall away, and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Common English Bible

²⁷ When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, then the water that brings the curse will enter her, causing bitterness, and her womb will discharge and she will miscarry. The woman will be a curse among her people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And when she drinks it, if she has been defiled, and, having despised her husband, is guilty of adultery, the curse shall pass through her, and as her belly swells up, her thigh shall decay, and the woman shall become a curse and an example to all the people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And when she hath drunk them, if she be defiled, and having despised her husband be guilty of adultery, the malediction shall go through her: and her belly swelling, her thigh shall rot. And the woman shall be a curse, and an example to all the people.

Numbers 5:27 Cross References

Psalm 109:18

He wore cursing like his robe, until it filled his belly like water, and his bones like oil.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap, and whose hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape her, but a sinner will be captured by her.

Isaiah 65:15

You will leave your name behind as a curse for My chosen ones, and Adonai Elohim will slay you. But He will call His servants by another name.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will even give them as a horror, as an evil thing, among all the kingdoms of the earth—as a disgrace and a proverb, a taunt and a curse—in all places where I will drive them.

Jeremiah 29:18

I will pursue them with the sword, famine and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and an astonishment, a hissing and a disgrace—among all the nations where I have driven them,

Jeremiah 29:22

So a curse will be taken up by everyone in exile from Judah who are in Babylon, saying: ‘May Adonai make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire’—

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “As My anger and My fury were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you, if you will enter Egypt. You will be an execration, a horror, a curse, and a disgrace, and you will never see this place again.”

Jeremiah 44:12

I will take the remnant of Judah who set their faces to enter the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they will all be consumed, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by famine. They will die, from the least to the greatest, by the sword and by famine, and they will be an execration, and a horror, a curse, and a disgrace.

Zechariah 8:13

It will happen that just as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you and you will be a blessing. Fear not! Let your hands be strong!’

Numbers 5:20

If, however, you have gone astray from your husband and if you became impure and had sexual relations with a man other than your husband’—

Numbers 5:28

If, however, the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be free from guilt and be able to have children.

Romans 6:21

So then, what outcome did you have that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. Who is competent for these things?

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become a horror, a proverb, and a byword—among all the peoples where Adonai will drive you.

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who follow after the flesh in its unclean desires and who despise the Lord’s authority. Brazen and arrogant, these people do not tremble while slandering glorious beings;