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:


In Context

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

18 and the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse:

19 and the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse:

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

21 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;

22 and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away: 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20But 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,

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: