Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children. New Living Translation But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and will still be able to have children. English Standard Version But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children. Berean Standard Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children. King James Bible And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. New King James Version But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she shall be free and may conceive children. New American Standard Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be immune and conceive children. NASB 1995 ‘But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children. NASB 1977 ‘But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children. Legacy Standard Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive a seed. Amplified Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she will be free and conceive children. Christian Standard Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children. Holman Christian Standard Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.” American Standard Version And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. Contemporary English Version But if she is innocent, her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to have children. English Revised Version And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. GOD'S WORD® Translation But if the woman is not unclean and is pure, she is not guilty and will be able to have children. Good News Translation But if she is innocent, she will not be harmed and will be able to bear children. International Standard Version But if the woman isn't defiled, then she is to be freed and will be able to bear children. Majority Standard Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children. NET Bible But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children. New Heart English Bible If the woman isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free and will conceive children. Webster's Bible Translation And if the woman is not defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. World English Bible If the woman isn’t defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive offspring. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd if the woman has not been defiled, and is clean, then she has been acquitted, and has been sown [with] seed. Young's Literal Translation And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown with seed. Smith's Literal Translation And if the woman was not defiled and she was clean, and she was unpunished, and conceived seed. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut if she be not defiled, she shall not be hurt, and shall bear children. Catholic Public Domain Version But if she has not been defiled, she shall be unharmed and she shall bear children. New American Bible If, however, the woman has not defiled herself, but is still pure, she will be immune and will still be fertile. New Revised Standard Version But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be immune and be able to conceive children. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut if the woman has not defiled herself, but is pure, then she shall be absolved, and shall bear a male child. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But if that woman is not defiled and she is pure, she shall be spared and she shall bear a male. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be cleared, and shall conceive seed. Brenton Septuagint Translation But if the woman have not been polluted, and be clean, then shall she be guiltless and shall conceive seed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Adultery Test…27When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people. 28But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children. 29This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,… Cross References Leviticus 20:10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death. Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. John 8:3-11 The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them / and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. / In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?” ... Proverbs 6:32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. Matthew 5:27-28 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Exodus 20:14 You shall not commit adultery. Romans 7:2-3 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. / So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; Deuteronomy 24:1-4 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. / If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife, / and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies, ... Matthew 19:9 Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” Mark 10:11-12 So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. / And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.” Luke 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. / But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. Treasury of Scripture And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. and if Numbers 5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: Micah 7:7-10 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me… 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; and shall Psalm 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. Jump to Previous Able Acquitted Children Clean Clear Cleared Conceive Defiled Free Guilt Herself However Impurity Offspring Seed SownJump to Next Able Acquitted Children Clean Clear Cleared Conceive Defiled Free Guilt Herself However Impurity Offspring Seed SownNumbers 5 1. The unclean are removed out of camp5. Restitution is to be made in trespass 11. The trial of jealously But if the woman has not defiled herself This phrase introduces a conditional scenario, emphasizing the importance of personal integrity and purity. The Hebrew word for "defiled" is "טָמֵא" (tamei), which means to be unclean or impure, often in a ritualistic or moral sense. In the context of ancient Israel, maintaining ritual purity was crucial for community and religious life. This phrase reassures that if the woman is innocent of the charges against her, she remains in a state of purity before God and the community. and is clean she will be unaffected and able to conceive children Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But ifוְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not the woman הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (hā·’iš·šāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female has not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no defiled herself נִטְמְאָה֙ (niṭ·mə·’āh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean and is clean, וּטְהֹרָ֖ה (ū·ṭə·hō·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2889: Clean, pure she הִ֑וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are will be unaffected וְנִקְּתָ֖ה (wə·niq·qə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5352: To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated and able to conceive וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה (wə·niz·rə·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify children. זָֽרַע׃ (zā·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity Links Numbers 5:28 NIVNumbers 5:28 NLT Numbers 5:28 ESV Numbers 5:28 NASB Numbers 5:28 KJV Numbers 5:28 BibleApps.com Numbers 5:28 Biblia Paralela Numbers 5:28 Chinese Bible Numbers 5:28 French Bible Numbers 5:28 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 5:28 If the woman isn't defiled (Nu Num.) |