Numbers 5:31 “The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniq…”

Numbers 5:31

The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

World English Bible

The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’”

American Standard Version

And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the man shalbe free from sinne, but this woman shall beare her iniquitie.

Darby Translation

Then shall the man be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.

Young's Literal Translation

and the man hath been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman doth bear her iniquity.'

Bible in Basic English

Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her.

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Cross references

“be guiltless”

Psalm 37:6

Psalm 37:6 · BSB

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

“bear”

Leviticus 20:10 Numbers 9:13 Leviticus 20:17–20 Ezekiel 18:4 Romans 2:8 Romans 2:9

Leviticus 20:10 · BSB

If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

Numbers 9:13 · BSB

But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will…

Leviticus 20:17–20 · BSB

If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his…

Ezekiel 18:4 · BSB

Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Romans 2:8 · BSB

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

Romans 2:9 · BSB

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

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

In context

30or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

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