Numbers 30:6

THE MESSAGE

"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.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If she be [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

King James Version
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

Lexham English Bible
"If she has a husband while bound by her vows or a rash promise of her lips,

English Standard Version
"If she marries a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,

New Century Version
"If a woman makes a pledge or a careless promise and then gets married,

New English Translation
"And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,

Amplified Bible
"But if she marries while under her vows or if she has bound herself by a rash statement,

New American Standard Bible
"However, if she happens to marry while under her vows or the impulsive statement of her lips by which she has obligated herself,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And if she haue an husband when she voweth or pronounceth ought with her lips, wherewith she bindeth her selfe,

Legacy Standard Bible
"However, if she should marry while under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,

Contemporary English Version
Suppose a woman makes a promise to the Lord and then gets married. If her husband later hears about the promise but says nothing, she must do what she said, whether she meant it or not.

Complete Jewish Bible
But if on the day her father hears it, he expresses his disapproval, then none of her vows or obligations she has bound herself to will stand; and Adonai will forgive her, because her father expressed his disapproval.

Darby Translation
And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,

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

George Lamsa Translation
And if she is given in marriage to a husband, and her vows are upon her or she has uttered anything out of her lips by which she bound herself.

Good News Translation
If an unmarried woman makes a vow, whether deliberately or carelessly, or promises to abstain from something, and then marries,

Christian Standard Bible®
“If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,

Literal Translation
And if she belongs to a husband, and her vows are on her, or a rash utterance on her lips with which she has bound her soul,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf she haue an hu?bande, & hath a vowe vpon her, or yf she haue letten go out of hir lippes a bode ouer hir soule,

American Standard Version
And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

Bible in Basic English
And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

King James Version (1611)
And if she had at all an husband when she vowed, or vttered ought out of her lips, wherewith shee bound her soule,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if her father straitly forbid her in the day in which he shall hear all her vows and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul, they shall not stand; and the Lord shall hold her guiltless, because her father forbade her.

English Revised Version
And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul;

Berean Standard Bible
If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If sche hath an hosebonde, and avowith ony thing, and a word goynge out of hir mouth onys byndith hir soule with an ooth,

Young's Literal Translation
`And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows [are] on her, or a wrongful utterance [on] her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

Update Bible Version
And if she is [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

Webster's Bible Translation
And if she had a husband when she vowed, or uttered aught from her lips, with which she bound her soul;

World English Bible
If she be [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

New King James Version
"If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself,

New Living Translation
"Now suppose a young woman makes a vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge and later marries.

New Life Bible
"If she gets married and has promises to keep because of what she swore without thinking,

New Revised Standard
If she marries, while obligated by her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if she, belonged to a husband, when her vows were taken upon her, - or a rash utterance fell from her lips, wherewith she put a bond upon her soul;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-7) If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath,

Revised Standard Version
And if she is married to a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"However, if she should marry while under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,

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

she vowed: Heb. her vows were upon her, Psalms 56:12

Cross-References

Genesis 30:14
One day during the wheat harvest Reuben found some mandrakes in the field and brought them home to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah, "Could I please have some of your son's mandrakes?"

Genesis 30:16
When Jacob came home that evening from the fields, Leah was there to meet him: "Sleep with me tonight; I've bartered my son's mandrakes for a night with you." So he slept with her that night. God listened to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a fifth son. She said, "God rewarded me for giving my maid to my husband." She named him Issachar (Bartered). Leah became pregnant yet again and gave Jacob a sixth son, saying, "God has given me a great gift. This time my husband will honor me with gifts—I've given him six sons!" She named him Zebulun (Honor). Last of all she had a daughter and named her Dinah.

Genesis 30:35
But that very day Laban removed all the mottled and spotted billy goats and all the speckled and spotted nanny goats, every animal that had even a touch of white on it plus all the black sheep and placed them under the care of his sons. Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob. Meanwhile Jacob went on tending what was left of Laban's flock.

Genesis 35:25
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram. Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.

Genesis 46:23
Dan's son: Hushim.

Deuteronomy 33:22
Dan: "Dan is a lion's cub leaping out of Bashan."

Psalms 43:1
Clear my name, God; stick up for me against these loveless, immoral people. Get me out of here, away from these lying degenerates. I counted on you, God. Why did you walk out on me? Why am I pacing the floor, wringing my hands over these outrageous people?

Jeremiah 13:24
"I'll blow these people away— like wind-blown leaves. You have it coming to you. I've measured it out precisely." God 's Decree. "It's because you forgot me and embraced the Big Lie, that so-called god Baal. I'm the one who will rip off your clothes, expose and shame you before the watching world. Your obsessions with gods, gods, and more gods, your goddess affairs, your god-adulteries. Gods on the hills, gods in the fields— every time I look you're off with another god. O Jerusalem, what a sordid life! Is there any hope for you!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if she had at all an husband with whom she vowed,.... Or "when her vows were upon her" w, was either betrothed or married to a man:

or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; uttered anything, either with or without premeditation, either with thought and deliberation, or rashly and imprudently, as the word signifies, yet in such a manner that it was binding upon her.

w ונדריה עליה

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, And if she shall at all be an husband’s, and her vows shall be upon her, or a rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, etc. The “at all” intimates that the case of a girl betrothed but not yet actually married is here especially contemplated. After betrothal, a woman continued to reside, until the period of her marriage arrived, in her father’s house; but her property was from that time forward vested in her husband, and she was so far regarded as personally his, that an act of faithlessness to him was, like adultery, punishable with death Deuteronomy 22:23-24. Hence, his right to control her vows even before he actually took her home as his wife.