Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'And the priest shall write this curse in a bill and wash it out in the bitter water.
New American Standard Bible
‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall
King James Version
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
Holman Bible
“Then the priest is to write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
International Standard Version
"Then the priest is to write all of these words in a document and wipe it off with the contaminated water.
A Conservative Version
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
American Standard Version
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
Amplified
‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll and shall wash them off into the water of bitterness;
Bible in Basic English
And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;
Darby Translation
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
Julia Smith Translation
And the priest wrote these curses in a book, and he wiped off into the water of contradiction.
King James 2000
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And the priests will write these curses on the scroll, and he will wipe [them] off into the waters of the bitterness.
Modern King James verseion
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water.
NET Bible
"'Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water.
New Heart English Bible
"The priest shall write these curses on a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
The Emphasized Bible
Then shall the priest write these curses in a scroll, - and wipe them out into the deadly water;
Webster
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
World English Bible
"'The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted them out with the bitter waters,
Themes
Bitter water » Ceremonial water » Used » By priests
Books » Erasures in, alluded to
Jealousy » Law concerning, when husband is jealous for his wife
Priest » Duties of » To act as magistrates
Woman » Unfaithfulness of, when married found out by the waters of jealousy
Interlinear
Machah
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 5:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rules Concerning An Unfaithful Wife
22 and this bitter cursing water go into the bowels of thee, that thy womb burst and thy thigh rot. And the wife shall say: Amen, Amen. 23 "'And the priest shall write this curse in a bill and wash it out in the bitter water. 24 And when the cursing water is in her that it is bitter,
Cross References
Exodus 17:14
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Write this for a remembrance in a book and tell it unto Joshua, for I will put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
Deuteronomy 31:19
Now, therefore, write ye this song, and teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouths - that this song may be my witness unto the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 34:24
even thus sayeth the LORD: See, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabiters thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah,
Job 31:35
O that I had one which would hear me. Lo, this is my cause: Let the almighty give me answer, and let him that is my contrary party, sue me with libel.
Psalm 51:1
{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
Psalm 51:9
Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds.
Isaiah 43:25
Whereas I yet am even he only, that for mine own self's sake do away thine offenses, and forget thy sins: so that I will never think upon them.
Isaiah 44:22
As for thine offenses, I drive them away like the clouds, and thy sins as the mist. Turn ye again unto me, and I will deliver thee.
Jeremiah 51:60-64
Jeremiah wrote in a book all the misery that should come upon Babylon; yea, and all these sermons that be written against Babylon;
Acts 3:19
Repent ye, therefore, and turn: that your sins may be done away when the time of refreshing cometh, which we shall have of the presence of the Lord,
1 Corinthians 16:21-22
The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand:
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, both great and small, stand before God: And the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their deeds.