Numbers 5:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;”

Numbers 5:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 5:29 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 5:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled,”

Numbers 5:29 — World English Bible

Numbers 5:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; ”

Numbers 5:29 — American Standard Version

Numbers 5:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`This <FI>is<Fi> the law of jealousies, when a wife turneth aside under her husband, and hath been defiled,”

Numbers 5:29 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 5:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth astray to another instead of her husband and is defiled, ”

Numbers 5:29 — Darby Translation

Numbers 5:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“This is the law of ielousie, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled,”

Numbers 5:29 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 5:29 in Context — Numbers 5

27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

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

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What Does Numbers 5:29 Mean?

Numbers 5:29 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.

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