Numbers 5:31
29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
30 or 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.
The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”
- KJV
- Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
- WEB
- The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’”
- ASV
- And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.
- DARBY
- Then shall the man be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.
- BLB
- And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.”
- ÅB
- Og mannen skal være fri for skyld, men kvinnen skal lide for sin misgjerning.
- OTB
- Mannen vil være fri for skyld, men kvinnen skal bære konsekvensene av sin skyld.’”
- B1930
- Og mannen skal være fri for skyld, men kvinnen skal lide for sin misgjerning.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 20:10
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.
Read in contextRomans 2:8–9
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
Read in contextPsalms 37:6
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:17–20
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 sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:4
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
Read in contextNumbers 9:13
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 bear the consequences of his sin.
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