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Numbers 5:31

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5:31Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences53 of her iniquity.’ ”54

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Footnotes

  1. 53 The text does not say what the consequences are. Presumably the punishment would come from God, and not from those administering the test.
  2. 54 The word “iniquity” can also mean the guilt for the iniquity as well as the punishment of consequences for the iniquity. These categories of meanings grew up through figurative usage (metonymies). Here the idea is that if she is guilty then she must “bear the consequences.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The husband will be free of guilt, but that woman will bear her iniquity.”

NLTNew Living Translation

The husband will be innocent of any guilt in this matter, but his wife will be held accountable for her sin.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The man will go unpunished from guilt, and the woman, she will bear her guilt.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

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