Deuteronomy 23 · Verse 22

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 23:22, King James Version

Deuteronomy 23:22 in other translations

BSBBut if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
WEBBut if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you.
ASVBut if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
YLT‘And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.
DARBYBut if thou forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
BBEBut if you take no oath, there will be no sin.
WebsterBut if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

What does Deuteronomy 23:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 23:21-22

21-22. When thou shalt vow a vow--(See on Nu 30:2).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:15-25

It is honourable to shelter and protect the weak, provided they are not wicked. Proselytes and converts to the truth, should be treated with particular tenderness, that they may have no temptation to return to the world. We cannot honour God with our substance, unless it be honestly and honourably come by. It must not only be considered what we give, but how we got it. Where the borrower gets, or hopes to get, it is…

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Deuteronomy 23:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכִ֥יve.Khiand ifH3588
תֶחְדַּ֖לtech.Dalyou will refrainH2308
לִנְדֹּ֑רlin.Dorto make a vowH5087
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
בְךָ֖ve.Khaon <the> you
חֵֽטְא\׃Chet'sinH2399

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Deuteronomy 23:21

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • Deuteronomy 23:22

    But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

  • Deuteronomy 23:23

    That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

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Deuteronomy 23:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas cuando te abstuvieres de prometer, no habrá en ti pecado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand tu voueras un vœu à l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, tu ne tarderas pas à l’acquitter; car l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, le redemandera certainement de ta part, et il y aura du péché sur toi;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn du aber unterlässest zu geloben, so wird keine Sünde an dir sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si nolueris polliceri, absque peccato eris.