ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

Numbers 5.30

Book: Numbers · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV (ASV)

"28. And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 29. This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;"

"30. or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law."

"31. And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity." (Numbers 5:28-31, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"28. If the woman isn’t defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive offspring. 29. “‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;"

"30. or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law."

"31. The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’”" (Numbers 5:28-31, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"28. And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 29. This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;"

"30. Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law."

"31. Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity." (Numbers 5:28-31, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"28. 'And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown [with] seed. 29. 'This [is] the law of jealousies, when a wife turneth aside under her husband, and hath been defiled,"

"30. or when a spirit of jealousy passeth over a man, and he hath been jealous of his wife, then he hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and the priest hath done to her all this law,"

"31. and the man hath been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman doth bear her iniquity.'" (Numbers 5:28-31, YLT)

Setting

  • Speaker: Moses (traditional)
  • Audience: Israelite congregation post-Sinai
  • Location: Sinai → wilderness wanderings → plains of Moab
  • Time period: events c. 1445-1406 BC; composed c. 1446-1406 BC

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.