For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
Parallel translations
- WEB For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
- KJV For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- NKJV For jealousy is a husband’s fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- NASB For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not have compassion on the day of vengeance.
- NLT For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
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Quick answer
A wronged husband's jealous fury knows no mercy in his day of vengeance. Adultery provokes relentless wrath.
Overview
The father warns that the betrayed husband's jealousy will burn without restraint when the day of retribution comes. The intensity of such anger underscores the personal devastation adultery unleashes. It reveals that this sin tears at the deepest bonds of trust between people.
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Cross-references · 6
- Song 8:6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Prov 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- Num 5:14and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
- 1 Cor 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- Num 25:11“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
- Judg 19:29–30When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
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