Deuteronomy 23:22

Literal Standard Version

And when you refrain to vow, it is not sin in you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be counted against you as sin.

Hebrew Names Version
But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

King James Version
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Lexham English Bible
And if you refrain from vowing, you shall not incur guilt.

English Standard Version
But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin.

New Century Version
But if you do not make the promise, you will not be guilty.

New English Translation
If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.

Amplified Bible
"But if you refrain from making a vow, that would not be [counted as] sin in you.

New American Standard Bible
"However, if you refrain from making vows, it will not be a sin for you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But when thou absteinest from vowing, it shalbe no sinne vnto thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
However, if you refrain from vowing, it will not be a sin in you.

Contemporary English Version
On the other hand, if you never make a sacred promise, you can't be guilty of breaking it.

Complete Jewish Bible
"When you make a vow to Adonai your God, you are not to delay in fulfilling it, for Adonai your God will certainly demand it of you, and your failure to do so will be your sin.

Darby Translation
But if thou forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
If you don't make a promise, you are not sinning.

George Lamsa Translation
But if you are unwilling to make a vow, then it shall be no sin in you.

Good News Translation
It is no sin not to make a vow to the Lord ,

Literal Translation
But if you shall forebear to vow, it shall be no sin to you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thou leaue vowinge, then is it no synne vnto the.

American Standard Version
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Bible in Basic English
But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If thou shalt leaue bowyng, it shalbe no sinne in thee.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee.

King James Version (1611)
But if thou shalt forbeare to vow, it shall be no sinne in thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if thou shouldest be unwilling to vow, it is not sin in thee.

English Revised Version
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Berean Standard Bible
But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If thou `nylt bihete, thou schalt be with out synne.

Young's Literal Translation
`And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.

Update Bible Version
But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

Webster's Bible Translation
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

World English Bible
But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

New King James Version
But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.

New Living Translation
However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow.

New Life Bible
But if you do not make a promise, it would not be sin in you.

New Revised Standard
But if you refrain from vowing, you will not incur guilt.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if thou refrain from vowing, it shall not be in thee sin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou wilt not promise, that shalt be without sin.

Revised Standard Version
But if you refrain from vowing, it shall be no sin in you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵You do not shut up a servant to his lord, who escapes to you from his lord; ¹⁶he dwells with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it is pleasing to him; you do not oppress him. ¹⁷There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel; ¹⁸you do not bring the wage of a whore or the price of a dog into the house of your God YHWH for any vow; for even both of them [are] an abomination [to] your God YHWH. ¹⁹You do not lend in usury to your brother—usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury. ²⁰You may lend in usury to a stranger, but you do not lend in usury to your brother, so that your God YHWH blesses you in every putting forth of your hand on the land to where you go in to possess it. ²¹When you vow a vow to your God YHWH, you do not delay to complete it; for your God YHWH certainly requires it from you, lest it has been sin in you. ²²And when you refrain to vow, it is not sin in you.²³You keep and have done the utterance of your lips, as you have vowed to your God YHWH, a free-will offering which you have spoken with your mouth. ²⁴When you come into the vineyard of your neighbor, then you have eaten grapes according to your desire, your sufficiency, but you do not put [any] into your vessel.

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Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - vow a vow Ecclesiastes 5:5 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if thou shalt forbear to vow,.... That a man might do, though there was ability; it was expected indeed that men should vow and bring freewill offerings in proportion to their ability; whether they were of the greater sort, of the herd and flock, or of fowls, or even of fine flour, these were acceptable to the Lord: but if they were not vowed and brought,

it shall be no sin in thee; no charge of guilt be brought or punishment laid; it should not be reckoned a crime, nor be punishable in any respect, and especially where there was a willing mind and no ability; otherwise negligence, niggardliness, and ingratitude, are not well pleasing in the sight of God.