Numbers 30:10

THE MESSAGE

"When a woman who is living with her husband makes a vow or takes a pledge under oath and her husband hears about it but says nothing and doesn't say she can't do it, then all her vows and pledges are valid. But if her husband cancels them when he hears about them, then none of the vows and pledges that she made are binding. Her husband has canceled them and God will release her. Any vow and pledge that she makes that may be to her detriment can be either affirmed or annulled by her husband. But if her husband is silent and doesn't speak up day after day, he confirms her vows and pledges—she has to make good on them. By saying nothing to her when he hears of them, he binds her to them. If, however, he cancels them sometime after he hears of them, he takes her guilt on himself."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

King James Version
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

Lexham English Bible
But if she made a vow in her husband's house, or bound herself on a pledge with a sworn oath,

English Standard Version
And if she vowed in her husband's house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,

New Century Version
"If a woman makes a promise or pledge while she is married,

New English Translation
If she made the vow in her husband's house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

Amplified Bible
"However, if she vowed in her husband's house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,

New American Standard Bible
"However, if a married woman vowed in her husband's house, or put herself under a binding obligation with an oath,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And if she vowed in her husbands house, or bound her selfe streightly with an othe,

Legacy Standard Bible
However, if she vowed in her husband's house or bound herself by an obligation with an oath,

Contemporary English Version
Suppose a married woman makes a promise to the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
"The vow of a widow, however, or of a divorcee, including everything to which she has obligated herself, will stand against her.

Darby Translation
And if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,

Easy-to-Read Version
"A married woman might make a promise to give something to the Lord.

George Lamsa Translation
And if she vowed in her husbands house or bound herself with an oath,

Good News Translation
If a married woman makes a vow or promises to abstain from something,

Christian Standard Bible®
“If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

Literal Translation
And if she has vowed in the house of her husband, or bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf she vowe in hir hu?bades house, or binde hir self wt an ooth ouer hir soule,

American Standard Version
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

Bible in Basic English
If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.

King James Version (1611)
And if she vowed in her husbands house, or bound her soule by a bond with an oath;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatsoever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her.

English Revised Version
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

Berean Standard Bible
If a woman in her husband's house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne a wijf in `the hous of hir hosebonde byndith hir silf bi a vow and an ooth,

Young's Literal Translation
`And if [in] the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

Update Bible Version
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

Webster's Bible Translation
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

World English Bible
If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

New King James Version
"If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath,

New Living Translation
"But suppose a woman is married and living in her husband's home when she makes a vow or binds herself with a pledge.

New Life Bible
But if she has made a promise in her husband's house, and she has sworn to keep a promise there

New Revised Standard
And if she made a vow in her husband's house, or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if in the house of her husband, she vowed, or bound a bond upon her soul. with an oath;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-11) If the wife in the house of her husband, hath bound herself by vow and by oath,

Revised Standard Version
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"However, if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by an obligation with an oath,

Contextual Overview

³"When a woman makes a vow to God and binds herself by a pledge as a young girl still living in her father's house, and her father hears of her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then she has to make good on all her vows and pledges. But if her father holds her back when he hears of what she has done, none of her vows and pledges are valid. God will release her since her father held her back. ⁶"If she marries after she makes a vow or has made some rash promise or pledge, and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her, then she has to make good on whatever she vowed or pledged. But if her husband intervenes when he hears of it, he cancels the vow or rash promise that binds her. And God will release her. ⁹ "Any vow or pledge taken by a widow or divorced woman is binding on her. ¹⁰"When a woman who is living with her husband makes a vow or takes a pledge under oath and her husband hears about it but says nothing and doesn't say she can't do it, then all her vows and pledges are valid. But if her husband cancels them when he hears about them, then none of the vows and pledges that she made are binding. Her husband has canceled them and God will release her. Any vow and pledge that she makes that may be to her detriment can be either affirmed or annulled by her husband. But if her husband is silent and doesn't speak up day after day, he confirms her vows and pledges—she has to make good on them. By saying nothing to her when he hears of them, he binds her to them. If, however, he cancels them sometime after he hears of them, he takes her guilt on himself." ¹⁶ These are the rules that God gave Moses regarding conduct between a man and his wife and between a father and his young daughter who is still living at home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - to bind

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if she vowed in her husband's house,.... Before his death, in his lifetime, or before divorced: the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, "and not at age for marriage", understanding it of a betrothed, and not a married person; but Jarchi says, the Scripture speaks of a married one, which seems most likely:

or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; to fulfil her vow, to abstain from this, or to do that or the other thing.