Numbers 5:22 “May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your b…”

Numbers 5:22

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

World English Bible

and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.” The woman shall say, “Amen, Amen.”

American Standard Version

and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

Geneva Bible 1599

And that this cursed water may goe into thy bowels, to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. Then the woman shall answere, Amen, Amen.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen.

Bible in Basic English

And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

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Cross references

“go into”

Psalm 109:18 Proverbs 1:31 Numbers 5:27 Ezekiel 3:3

Psalm 109:18 · BSB

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Proverbs 1:31 · BSB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Numbers 5:27 · BSB

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shri…

Ezekiel 3:3 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

“the woman”

Deuteronomy 27:15–26 Job 31:21 Job 31:22 Job 31:39 Job 31:40 Psalm 7:4

Deuteronomy 27:15–26 · BSB

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Job 31:21 · BSB

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Job 31:22 · BSB

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

Job 31:39 · BSB

if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

Job 31:40 · BSB

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

Psalm 7:4 · BSB

if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

“Amen”

Psalm 41:13 Psalm 72:19 Psalm 89:52 John 3:3 John 3:11 John 6:53

Psalm 41:13 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Psalm 72:19 · BSB

And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

Psalm 89:52 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

John 3:3 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. ”

John 3:11 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

John 6:53 · BSB

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

23And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

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