Numbers 5:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But 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:”

Numbers 5:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 5:20 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Numbers 5:20 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Numbers 5:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But if you have gone astray, being under your husband’s authority, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband—””

Numbers 5:20 — World English Bible

Numbers 5:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Numbers 5:20 — American Standard Version

Numbers 5:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and 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--”

Numbers 5:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 5:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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, ”

Numbers 5:20 — Darby Translation

Numbers 5:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But if thou hast turned from thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband,”

Numbers 5:20 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 5:20 in Context — Numbers 5

18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

20 But 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:

21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an 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 rot, and thy belly to swell;

22 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.

Read the full chapter: Numbers 5 →

What Does Numbers 5:20 Mean?

Numbers 5:20 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

Also explore: Bible verses by topic | Read the full Bible free