20But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,


In Context

17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and the priest shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.

18 And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and uncover the woman's head, and put the memorial oblation in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and in the hand of the priest shall be the bitter water that bringeth the curse.

19 And the priest shall adjure her, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone astray in uncleanness, in being with another instead of thy husband, be free from this bitter water that bringeth the curse.

20 But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,

21 then the priest shall adjure the woman with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman: Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to shrink, and thy belly to swell;

22 and this water that bringeth the curse shall enter into thy bowels, to make the belly to swell, and the thigh to shrink. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Numbers 5:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20But if thou hast gone aside [to another] instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:20But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have defiled yourself by sleeping with a man other than your husband"-

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:20But if thou hast gone aside from thy husband, and art defiled, and hast lain with another man:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:20But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:20but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thine husband:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou art defiled, and some man hath lain with thee besides thy husband:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20and thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you be defiled, and some man have lain with you beside your husband: