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Numbers 5:22

20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

21 and 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.

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.’

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

24 He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.’
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And may these waters that cause the curse go into your stomach, and make swell [your] belly, and [your] thigh rot.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
ÅB
og dette vann som volder forbannelse, skal trenge inn i dine innvoller, så din buk hovner opp og dine hofter svinner inn. Og kvinnen skal si: Amen! Amen!
OTB
Må dette vannet som bringer forbannelse komme inn i kroppen din for å få magen din til å svulme og livmoren din til å abortere." Og kvinnen skal si: "Amen. Så være det."
B1930
og dette vann som volder forbannelse, skal trenge inn i dine innvoller, så din buk hovner op og dine hofter svinner inn. Og kvinnen skal si: Amen! Amen!

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