King James Version

Numbers 5:31

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

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וְנִקָּ֥הveniqahand be blamelessנָקָהconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be blameless”, a completed action in a sequenceH5352to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpatedacquit [idiom] at all, [idiom] altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, [idiom] by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] wholl…הָאִ֖ישׁhaishthe a certainאִישׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…מֵעָוֺ֑ןmeaonfrom faultעָוֺןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from fault”, the ordinary formH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.וְהָאִשָּׁ֣הvehaishahand the eachאִשָּׁהconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and the each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.הַהִ֔ואhahivthe as for herהוּאdefinite article, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “the as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.תִּשָּׂ֖אtisalift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עֲוֺנָֽהּaonahfaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the man hath been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman doth bear her iniquity.'

World English Bible

The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’”

Darby Translation

Then shall the man be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.

Douay-Rheims

The husband shall be blameless, and she shall bear her iniquity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then the man shall be clear from sin, and that woman shall bear her sin.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἀθῶος ἔσται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας· καὶ γυνὴ ἐκείνη λήψεται τὴν ἁμαρτίαν αὐτῆς.