Numbers 5:22

New English Translation

²²and this water that causes the curse will go^[a] into your stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.”^[b] Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.”^[c]

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Footnotes

Numbers 5:22 tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It could be taken as a jussive following the words of the priest in the previous section, but it is more likely to be a simple future.
Numbers 5:22 tn Heb “fall away.”
Numbers 5:22 tn The word “amen” carries the idea of “so be it,” or “truly.” The woman who submits to this test is willing to have the test demonstrate the examination of God.

Numbers 5:22

King James Version

²²And 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.

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Numbers 5:22

New International Version

²²May this water^(A) that brings a curse^(B) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”

“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.^(C)”

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Numbers 5:22

New King James Version

²²and may this water that causes the curse ^(A)go into your stomach, and make your belly swell and your thigh rot.”

‘^(B)Then the woman shall say, “Amen, so be it.”

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Numbers 5:22

English Standard Version

²²May this water that brings the curse ^(A)pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, ^(B)‘Amen, Amen.’

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