Numbers 19:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 19:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהָיְתָ֥ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לָּהֶ֖ם
לְחֻקַּ֣ת
chuqqâh
H2708
statute
עוֹלָ֑ם
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
וּמַזֵּ֤ה
nâzâh
H5137
to sprinkle
מֵֽי
mayim
H4325
water
הַנִּדָּה֙
niddâh
H5079
impurity
יְכַבֵּ֣ס
kâbaç
H3526
to wash
בְּגָדָ֔יו
beged
H899
garment
וְהַנֹּגֵ֨עַ֙
nâgaʻ
H5060
to touch
בְּמֵ֣י
mayim
H4325
water
הַנִּדָּ֔ה
niddâh
H5079
impurity
יִטְמָ֖א
ṭâmêʼ
H2930
to be unclean
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
הָעָֽרֶב
ʻereb
H6153
evening
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World English Bible Public Domain
It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it shall be for them as a statute of eternity. And the one sprinkling the water of impurity shall wash his garments, and the one touching the water of impurity shall be unclean until the evening.
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