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New Century Version

Numbers 30:9

"If a widow or divorced woman makes a promise, she must do whatever she promised.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Vows;   Widow;   Wife;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Divorce;   Vows;   Widows;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Vow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Vow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Vows;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Vow;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Vows;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Vows;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Mishnah;   Nedarim;   Sidra;   Vows;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.
King James Version
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Lexham English Bible
"But the vow of a widow or a woman who is divorced, all that she binds on herself will stand on her.
English Standard Version
(But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.)
New English Translation
"But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.
Amplified Bible
"But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
New American Standard Bible
"But as for the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, every binding obligation under which she has put herself, shall remain valid against her.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is diuorced (wherewith she hath bound her selfe) shall stand in effect with her.
Legacy Standard Bible
"But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
Contemporary English Version
Widows and divorced women must keep every promise they make to the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
But if her husband expresses his disapproval on the day he hears it, he will void the vow which is on her and the obligation to which she has bound herself; and Adonai will forgive her.
Darby Translation
But the vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced,—everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.
Easy-to-Read Version
"A widow or a divorced woman might make a special promise. If she does, she must do exactly what she promised.
George Lamsa Translation
But as to the vow of a widow or a deserted woman, everything by which she has bound herself shall stand against her.
Good News Translation
A widow or a divorced woman must keep every vow she makes and every promise to abstain from something.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her.
Literal Translation
And as to the vow of a widow, or her that is divorced, all that she has bound on her soul shall be established on her.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The vowe of a wyddowe, & of her yt is deuorced, all yt she byndeth hir self withall ouer hir soule, shal stonde in effecte vpo her.
American Standard Version
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
Bible in Basic English
But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorsed, that they haue bounde their soule withall, shall stande in effect with them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; and the LORD will forgive her.
King James Version (1611)
But euery vow of a widow, and of her that is diuorced, wherewith they haue bound their soules, shall stand against her.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if her husband should straitly forbid her in the day in which he should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A widewe, and a womman forsakun of hir hosebonde, schulen yelde, what euer thing thei avowen.
Young's Literal Translation
`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.
Update Bible Version
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.
Webster's Bible Translation
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, with which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
World English Bible
But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.
New King James Version
"Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
New Living Translation
If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges.
New Life Bible
"A woman whose husband has died or left her must keep the promises she has sworn to keep.
New Revised Standard
(But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall be binding upon her.)
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But as for the vow of a widow, or of a woman divorced, whatsoever she hath bound on her soul, shall stand against her.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-10) The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfil whatsoever they vow.
Revised Standard Version
But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
THE MESSAGE
"Any vow or pledge taken by a widow or divorced woman is binding on her.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

Contextual Overview

3 If a young woman still living at home makes a promise to the Lord or pledges to do something special, 4 and if her father hears about the promise or pledge and says nothing, she must do what she promised. She must keep her pledge. 5 But if her father hears about the promise or pledge and does not allow it, then the promise or pledge does not have to be kept. Her father would not allow it, so the Lord will free her from her promise. 6 "If a woman makes a pledge or a careless promise and then gets married, 7 and if her husband hears about it and says nothing, she must keep her promise or the pledge she made. 8 But if her husband hears about it and does not allow it, he cancels her pledge or the careless promise she made. The Lord will free her from keeping it. 9 "If a widow or divorced woman makes a promise, she must do whatever she promised. 10 "If a woman makes a promise or pledge while she is married, 11 and if her husband hears about it but says nothing and does not stop her, she must keep her promise or pledge. 12 But if her husband hears about it and cancels it, she does not have to do what she said. Her husband has canceled it, so the Lord will free her from it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 21:7, Luke 2:37, Romans 7:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:2 - she may go

Cross-References

Genesis 16:3
It was after he had lived ten years in Canaan that Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her slave girl from Egypt.)
Genesis 29:35
Then Leah gave birth to another son. She named him Judah, because she said, "Now I will praise the Lord ." Then Leah stopped having children.
Genesis 30:4
So Rachel gave Bilhah, her slave girl, to Jacob as a wife, and he had sexual relations with her.
Genesis 30:17
Then God answered Leah's prayer, and she became pregnant again. She gave birth to a fifth son

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But every vow of a widow,.... The Scripture speaks, as Jarchi says, of a widow from marriage, or that has been married, but a widow from espousals (or that has been only espoused), the husband dead, the power is transmitted, and returns to the father; and with respect to such a case, it is said in the Misnah y

"if the father (of such a betrothed person) dies, the power is not transmitted to the husband; but if the husband dies, the power is transmitted to the father; in this case, greater is the power of a father than of an husband; in others, greater is the power of an husband than of a father, because an husband makes void (the vow of) one at age, but a father does not make void (the vow of) such an one:''

and of her that is divorced: from her husband on some account or another; now in each of these cases, the one being loosed from the law of her husband by death, and the other by a bill of divorce, if they vowed,

the vows wherewith they have bound their souls shall stand against her; against either of them, they having none over them to disapprove of, contradict, and make void their vows.

y Nedarim, c. 10. sect. 2.


 
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