For jealousy enrages a man and he will show no mercy in the day of revenge.
Numbers 5:14 - Tree of Life Version Then a spirit of jealousy overcomes him and he is suspicious of his wife, when she is impure. Or a spirit of jealousy overcomes him and he suspects his wife, yet she is not impure. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife who has defiled herself–or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife though she has not defiled herself– American Standard Version (1901) and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: Common English Bible If jealousy overcomes him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if jealousy overcomes him and he is jealous of his wife who hasn’t defiled herself, Catholic Public Domain Version if the spirit of jealousy stirs up the husband against his wife, who either has been polluted or is being assailed with a false suspicion, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the spirit of jealousy stir up the husband against his wife, who either is defiled, or is charged with false suspicion: |
For jealousy enrages a man and he will show no mercy in the day of revenge.
Set me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as Sheol. Its flames are bolts of fire, the flame of Adonai.
Therefore, wait for me, declares Adonai, for the day when I rise up for plunder: for My decision is to assemble nations, to gather kingdoms, to pour out My fury upon them— all My burning anger. For in the fire of My wrath all the earth will be consumed.
or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he jealously suspects his wife. The kohen is to have her stand before Adonai and apply this entire Torah to her.
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?