Numbers 5:30
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.
Numbers 5:30 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute on her all this law. |
| ASV | or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. |
| YLT | or when a spirit of jealousy passeth over a man, and he hath been jealous of his wife, then he hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and the priest hath done to her all this law, |
| DARBY | or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous as regards his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall do to her according to all this law. |
| BBE | Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law. |
| Webster | Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he is jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. |
What does Numbers 5:30 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 5:11-31
This law would make the women of Israel watch against giving cause for suspicion. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such suspicions might occasion. It would also hinder the guilty from escaping, and the innocent from coming under just suspicion. When no proof could be brought, the wife was called on to make this solemn appeal to a heart-searching God. No woman, if she were guilty, could say…
Numbers 5:30 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 5:29
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
- Numbers 5:30
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.
- Numbers 5:31
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Numbers 5:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | O del marido, sobre el cual pasare espíritu de celo, y tuviere celos de su mujer: presentarála entonces delante de Jehová, y el sacerdote ejecutará en ella toda esta ley. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ou si l’esprit de jalousie est venu sur un homme et qu’il soit jaloux de sa femme: il fera tenir la femme debout devant l’ Éternel, et le sacrificateur lui appliquera toute cette loi; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | oder wenn über einen Mann der Geist der Eifersucht kommt, und er wird eifersüchtig auf sein Weib, so soll er das Weib vor Jehova stellen, und der Priester soll ihr tun nach diesem, ganzen Gesetz. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | maritusque zelotypiæ spiritu concitatus adduxerit eam in conspectu Domini, et fecerit ei sacerdos juxta omnia quæ scripta sunt: |