Numbers 30 · Verse 10

Numbers 30:10

And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
Numbers 30:10, King James Version

Numbers 30:10 in other translations

BSBIf a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,
WEB“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
ASVAnd if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
YLT‘And if in the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,
DARBYAnd if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,
BBEIf she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,
WebsterAnd if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

What does Numbers 30:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 30:3-16

Two cases of vows are determined. The case of a daughter in her father's house. When her vow comes to his knowledge, it is in his power either to confirm it or do it away. The law is plain in the case of a wife. If her husband allows her vow, though only by silence, it stands. If he disallows it, her obligation to her husband takes place of it; for to him she ought to be in subjection, as unto the Lord. The Divine…

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Numbers 30:10 in the original Hebrew

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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אִישָׁ֖הּ'i.Shahhusband herH376
נָדָ֑רָהna.Da.rahshe has vowedH5087
אֽוֹ\־'ov-orH176
אָסְרָ֥ה'a.se.Rahshe boundH631
אִסָּ֛ר'i.Saran obligationH632
עַל\־'al-onH5921
נַפְשָׁ֖הּnaf.Shahself herH5315
בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה\׃bish.vu.'Ahby an oathH7621

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

Context

  • Numbers 30:9

    But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

  • Numbers 30:10

    And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

  • Numbers 30:11

    And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

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Numbers 30:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas todo voto de viuda, ó repudiada, con que ligare su alma, será firme.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais le vœu d’une veuve, ou d’une femme répudiée, – tout ce par quoi elle aura obligé son âme, demeurera obligatoire pour elle.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber das Gelübde einer Witwe und einer Verstoßenen: alles, wozu sie ihre Seele verbunden hat, soll für sie bestehen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vidua et repudiata quidquid voverint, reddent.