Numbers 5:21
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Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
In other translations
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
Hebrew words
וְהִשְׁבִּיעַvehishbia'and he will make swearH7650הַכֹּהֵןhakohenthe priestH3548אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802בִּשְׁבֻעַתbishvu'atwith [the] oath ofH7621הָאָלָהha'alahthe curseH423וְאָמַרve'amarand he will sayH559הַכֹּהֵןhakohenthe priestH3548לָאִשָּׁהla'ishahto the womanH802יִתֵּןyitenmay he makeH5414יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אוֹתָךְ'otakh<obj.> youH853לְאָלָהle'alahinto a curseH423וְלִשְׁבֻעָהvelishvu'ahand into a oathH7621בְּתוֹךְbetokhin amongH8432עַמֵּךְ'amekhpeople yourH5971בְּתֵתbetetwhen makesH5414יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְרֵכֵךְyerekhekhthigh yourH3409נֹפֶלֶתnofeletfallingH5307וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853בִּטְנֵךְbitnekhbelly yourH990צָבָה׃tzavahswollenH6639
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 14:24And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
- Joshua 6:26And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
- Nehemiah 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
- Jeremiah 29:22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
- Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- 2 Chronicles 21:15And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”
- Isaiah 65:15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
- Matthew 26:74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
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