Numbers 30:15

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

King James Version
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

Lexham English Bible
But if he indeed nullifies them after he hears them, then he will bear her guilt."

English Standard Version
But if he makes them null and void after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her iniquity."

New Century Version
But if he cancels them long after he heard about them, he is responsible if she breaks her promise."

New English Translation
But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity."

Amplified Bible
"But if he indeed nullifies them after he hears of them, then he shall be responsible for and bear her guilt [for breaking her promise]."

New American Standard Bible
"However, if he actually annuls them after he has heard them, then he shall bear the responsibility for her guilt."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if he breake them after that he hath heard them, then shall he beare her iniquitie.

Legacy Standard Bible
But if he indeed annuls them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt."

Contemporary English Version
But if he waits until the next day to stop her from keeping her promise, he is the one who must be punished.

Complete Jewish Bible
But if her husband entirely holds his peace with her day after day, then he confirms all her vows and obligations; he must let them stand, because he held his peace with her on the day he heard them.

Darby Translation
But if he in any way annul them after he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

Easy-to-Read Version
But if the husband hears about the promises and stops them, he is responsible for breaking her promises."

George Lamsa Translation
But if he shall make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

Good News Translation
But if he later annuls the vow, he must suffer the consequences for the failure to fulfill the vow.

Christian Standard Bible®
But if he cancels them after he hears about them, he will be responsible for her commitment.”

Literal Translation
And if he at all breaks them after he hears, then he has borne her iniquity.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf he disanulle the after yt he hath herde the, then shal he take awaie hir mi?dede.

American Standard Version
But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

Bible in Basic English
But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if he breake them, after that he hath hearde them, he shall beare her sinne hym selfe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he causeth all her vows to stand, or all her bonds, which are upon her; he hath let them stand, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

King James Version (1611)
But if hee shall any wayes make them voyd after that he hath heard them, then he shall beare her iniquitie.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations which she has bound upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her.

English Revised Version
But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

Berean Standard Bible
But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe if the hosebonde ayenseide aftir that he wiste, he schal bere his wickidnesse.

Young's Literal Translation
and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.'

Update Bible Version
But if he shall make them null and void after he has heard them [and held his peace], then he shall bear her iniquity.

Webster's Bible Translation
But if he shall any way make them void after that he hath heard [them]; then he shall bear her iniquity.

World English Bible
But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

New King James Version
But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt."

New Living Translation
If he waits more than a day and then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be punished for her guilt."

New Life Bible
But if he will not allow her to keep her promises after he has heard of them, then her guilt will be on him."

New Revised Standard
But if he nullifies them some time after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her guilt.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, if he, do make them of none effect, after that he hath heard them, then shall he bear her iniquity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-16) But if he gainsay it after that he knew it, he shall bear her iniquity.

Revised Standard Version
But if he makes them null and void after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her iniquity."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if he indeed annuls them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt."

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

he shall bear: Numbers 30:5, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12, Leviticus 5:1, Galatians 3:28

Reciprocal: Romans 4:14 - made

Cross-References

Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she wasn't having any more children, she gave her maid Zilpah to Jacob for a wife. Zilpah had a son for Jacob. Leah said, "How fortunate!" and she named him Gad (Lucky). When Leah's maid Zilpah had a second son for Jacob, Leah said, "A happy day! The women will congratulate me in my happiness." So she named him Asher (Happy).

Isaiah 7:13
So Isaiah told him, "Then listen to this, government of David! It's bad enough that you make people tired with your pious, timid hypocrisies, but now you're making God tired. So the Master is going to give you a sign anyway. Watch for this: A girl who is presently a virgin will get pregnant. She'll bear a son and name him Immanuel (God-With-Us). By the time the child is twelve years old, able to make moral decisions, the threat of war will be over. Relax, those two kings that have you so worried will be out of the picture. But also be warned: God will bring on you and your people and your government a judgment worse than anything since the time the kingdom split, when Ephraim left Judah. The king of Assyria is coming!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if he shall any ways make them void, after that he hath heard them,.... Some way or other expressing his dislike of them; not at the time he heard them, but some time afterwards; one day after, as the Targum of Jonathan:

then he shall bear his iniquity: be accountable for the breach of the vow, the sin shall be reckoned to him, and he shall bear the punishment of it, because he ought to have declared is disapprobation of it sooner; and it may be, his doing it when he did was only in a spirit of contradiction, or through covetousness; and it would have been more advisable to have let the vow stand, and therefore acted a criminal part, and so was answerable for it; the Targum of Jonathan explains it,

"her husband or her father shall bear her iniquity,''

supposing her not to be at age: Aben Ezra gives the reason of it, because she is in his power.