Numbers 30:3

New Life Version

If a woman makes a promise to the Lord, and swears to keep her promise in her father's house when she is young,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Also when a woman vows a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

King James Version
If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord , and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

Lexham English Bible
"If a woman makes a vow to Yahweh, and she binds a pledge on herself in her father's house in your childhood,

English Standard Version
"If a woman vows a vow to the Lord and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house in her youth,

New Century Version
If a young woman still living at home makes a promise to the Lord or pledges to do something special,

New English Translation
"If a young woman who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation,

Amplified Bible
"Also if a woman makes a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge [of abstinence], while living in her father's house in her youth,

New American Standard Bible
"And if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and puts herself under a binding obligation in her father's house in her youth,

Geneva Bible (1587)
If a woman also vow a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bonde, being in her fathers house, in the time of her youth,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Also if a woman makes a vow to Yahweh and binds herself by an obligation in her father's house in her youth,

Contemporary English Version
Suppose a young woman who is still living with her parents makes a promise to the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
when a man makes a vow to Adonai or formally obligates himself by swearing an oath, he is not to break his word but is to do everything he said he would do.

Darby Translation
If a woman also vow a vow to Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, in her father's house in her youth,

Easy-to-Read Version
"A young woman might still be living in her father's house. And that young woman might make a special promise to give something to the Lord .

George Lamsa Translation
If a woman also vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a bond while she is in her fathers house in her youth,

Good News Translation
When a young woman still living in her father's house makes a vow to give something to the Lord or promises to abstain from something,

Christian Standard Bible®
“When a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the Lord or puts herself under an obligation,

Literal Translation
And when a woman vows a vow to Jehovah, and has bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a damsell make a vowe vnto ye LORDE, and bynde hirself, whyle she is in hir fathers house, and vnmaried,

American Standard Version
Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

Bible in Basic English
If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde, & bynde her selfe being in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
When a man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

King James Version (1611)
If a woman also vow a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bond, being in her fathers house in her youth;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.

English Revised Version
Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth;

Berean Standard Bible
And if a woman in her father's house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If a womman which is in the hows of hir fadir, and is yit in the age of a damysel,

Young's Literal Translation
`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,

Update Bible Version
Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

Webster's Bible Translation
If a woman also shall vow a vow to the LORD, and bind [herself] by a bond, [being] in her father's house in her youth;

World English Bible
Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

New King James Version
"Or if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father's house in her youth,

New Living Translation
"If a young woman makes a vow to the Lord or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father's home,

New Revised Standard
When a woman makes a vow to the Lord , or binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house, in her youth,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when, a woman, shall vow a vow unto Yahweh, and bind a bond, in the house of her father, in her youth;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-4) If a woman vow any thing, and bind herself by an oath, being in her father’s house, and but yet a girl in age: if her father knew the vow that she hath promised, and the oath wherewith she hath bound her soul, and held his peace, she shall be bound by the vow:

Revised Standard Version
Or when a woman vows a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house, in her youth,

THE MESSAGE
"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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Also if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by an obligation in her father's house in her youth,

Contextual Overview

³ If a woman makes a promise to the Lord, and swears to keep her promise in her father's house when she is young, ⁴ and if her father hears her promise and how she has sworn to keep it, and says nothing to her, then all her promises must be kept. She must keep every promise she has sworn to keep. ⁵ But if her father does not allow her to keep her promise on the day he hears of it, then she does not need to keep any of the promises she has sworn to keep. The Lord will forgive her because her father would not allow it. ⁶ "If she gets married and has promises to keep because of what she swore without thinking, ⁷ and if her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears, then she must keep the promises she has sworn to keep. ⁸ But if on the day he hears of it, her husband does not allow her to keep her promise, then she will not have to keep the promise that she had sworn to keep when she was not thinking. The Lord will forgive her. ⁹ "A woman whose husband has died or left her must keep the promises she has sworn to keep. ¹⁰ But if she has made a promise in her husband's house, and she has sworn to keep a promise there ¹¹ and if her husband hears of it, and does not go against her or say anything to her, then she must keep all the promises she had sworn to keep. ¹² But if her husband does not allow her to keep her promises on the day he hears of them, then she does not have to keep the promises she had sworn to keep. If her husband will not let her keep them, the Lord will forgive her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - to bind 1 Samuel 1:11 - vowed 1 Corinthians 14:34 - as

Cross-References

Genesis 30:2
Then Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said, "Am I taking God's place, Who has kept you from giving birth?"

Genesis 30:3
Then she said, "Here is Bilhah, the woman who serves me. Go in to her, and let her give birth for me. Even I may have children through her."

Genesis 30:9
Leah saw that she had stopped giving birth. So she took Zilpah, the woman who served her, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 50:23
He lived long enough to see Ephraim's grandchildren. And the sons of Manasseh's son Machir were held on Joseph's knees.

Ruth 4:11
All the people in the gate and the leaders said, "We have heard it. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you become rich in Ephrathah and be known by all in Bethlehem.

Job 3:12
Why did the knees receive me, or why the breasts, that I should have milk?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord,.... Who has not passed thirteen years, as the Targum of Jonathan:

[and] bind [herself] by a bond; lay herself under obligation to perform her vow by an oath: being in her father's house; unto the twelfth year, as the same Targum; that is, that is under his care, tuition, and jurisdiction, whether she literally, or properly speaking, is in the house or no at the time she vows; so Jarchi interprets it of her being in the power of her father, though not in his house, she being not at age to be at her own disposal, but at his: wherefore it is added,

in her youth; which, as the same writer explains it, signifies that she is

"neither a little one, nor at age; for a little one's vow is no vow, and one at age is not in the power of her father to make void her vow: who is a little one? our Rabbins say, one of eleven years of age and one day, her vows are examined, whether she knows on whose account she vows and consecrates, or devotes anything; one vows a vow that is twelve years and one day old, there is no need to examine them.''

He seems to refer to a passage in the Misnah t,

"a daughter of eleven years and one day, her vows are examined; a daughter of twelve years and one day, her vows are firm, but they are to be examined through the whole twelfth year.''

t Niddah, c. 5. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Being in her father’s house in her youth - It was not ordinarily until her betrothal or marriage, that the female passed (some suppose by purchase) from the power of her father to that of her husband.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 30:3. In her youth — That is, say the rabbins, under twelve years of age; and under thirteen in case of a young man. Young persons of this age were considered to be under the authority of their parents, and had consequently no power to vow away the property of another. A married woman was in the same circumstances, because she was under the authority of her husband. If however the parents or the husband heard of the vow, and objected to it in the same day in which they heard of it, (Numbers 30:5), then the vow was annulled; or, if having heard of it, they held their peace, this was considered a ratification of the vow.

A rash vow was never to be kept; "for," says Philo, and common sense and justice say the same, "he who commits an unjust action because of his vow adds one crime to another,

1. By making an unlawful vow;

2. By doing an unlawful action."