But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a married woman.”
John 4:18 - New Revised Standard Version for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly. American Standard Version (1901) for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly. Common English Bible “You’ve had five husbands, and the man you are with now isn’t your husband. You’ve spoken the truth.” Catholic Public Domain Version For you have had five husbands, but he whom you have now is not your husband. You have spoken this in truth." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. This thou hast said truly. |
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a married woman.”
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.
Instead, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so you have been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.
This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself,
and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;
Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man, she is not an adulteress.
Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to maintain the dead man's name on his inheritance, in order that the name of the dead may not be cut off from his kindred and from the gate of his native place; today you are witnesses.”