Numbers 30:6

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.

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,

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,

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.

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 Suppose a young woman who is still living with her parents makes a promise to the Lord . ⁴ If her father hears about it and says nothing, she must keep her promise. ⁵ But if he hears about it and objects, then she no longer has to keep her promise. The Lord will forgive her, because her father did not agree with the promise. ⁶Suppose 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. ⁸ But if her husband hears about the promise and objects, she no longer has to keep it, and the Lord will forgive her. ⁹ Widows and divorced women must keep every promise they make to the Lord . ¹⁰ Suppose a married woman makes a promise to the Lord . ¹¹ If her husband hears about the promise and says nothing, she must do what she said. ¹² But if he hears about the promise and does object, she no longer has to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her husband would not allow her to keep the promise. ¹³ Her husband has the final say about any promises she makes to the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 30:14
During the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben found some love flowers and took them to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for some of them,

Genesis 30:16
That evening when Jacob came in from the fields, Leah told him, "You're sleeping with me tonight. I hired you with my son's love flowers." They slept together that night,

Genesis 30:17
and God answered Leah's prayers by giving her a fifth son.

Genesis 30:20
she exclaimed, "God has given me a wonderful gift, and my husband will praise me for giving him six sons." So she named the boy Zebulun.

Genesis 30:32
Let me go through your flocks and herds and take the sheep and goats that are either spotted or speckled and the black lambs. That's all you need to give me.

Genesis 30:35
Before the end of the day, Laban had separated his spotted and speckled animals and the black lambs from the others and had put his sons in charge of them.

Genesis 46:23
Jacob and Bilhah, the servant woman Laban had given his daughter Rachel, had seven children and grandchildren. Their son Dan took his son Hushim. Their son Naphtali took his sons Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

Deuteronomy 33:22
Tribe of Dan, you are like a lion cub, startled by a snake.

Psalms 35:24
and prove that I am right by your standards. Don't let them laugh at me

Psalms 43:1
Show that I am right, God! Defend me against everyone who doesn't know you; rescue me from each of those deceitful liars.

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.