Numbers 30:13
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
Numbers 30:13 in other translations
| BSB | Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself. |
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| WEB | Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. |
| ASV | Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. |
| YLT | ‘Every vow and every oath--a bond to humble a soul--her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it; |
| DARBY | Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it. |
| BBE | Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband. |
| Webster | Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. |
What does Numbers 30:13 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…
Numbers 30:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 30:13
- 1 Corinthians 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
- Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
- Isaiah 58:5
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
- Leviticus 23:32
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
- Leviticus 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
- 1 Peter 3:1-6
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. …
- Leviticus 23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
- Numbers 29:7
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
- 1 Corinthians 11:9
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
- Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
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Context
- Numbers 30:12
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.
- Numbers 30:13
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
- Numbers 30:14
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
Numbers 30:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas si su marido los anuló el día que los oyó; todo lo que salió de sus labios cuanto á sus votos, y cuanto á la obligación de su alma, será nulo; su marido los anuló, y Jehová la perdonará. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais si son mari les a expressément cassés le jour où il les a entendus, alors rien de ce qui sera sorti de ses lèvres, vœu ou obligation liée sur son âme, ne demeurera obligatoire: son mari l’a cassé; et l’ Éternel lui pardonnera. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn aber ihr Mann dieselben irgend aufgehoben hat an dem Tage, da er sie hörte, so soll alles, was über ihre Lippen gegangen ist an Gelübden und an Verbindnissen ihrer Seele, nicht bestehen; ihr Mann hat dieselben aufgehoben, und Jehova wird ihr vergeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sin autem extemplo contradixerit, non tenebitur promissionis rea: quia maritus contradixit, et Dominus ei propitius erit. |