Numbers 30 · Verse 6

Numbers 30:6

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
Numbers 30:6, King James Version

Numbers 30:6 in other translations

BSBIf a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
WEB“If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips with which she has bound her soul,
ASVAnd if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,
YLT‘And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows are on her, or a wrongful utterance on her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,
DARBYAnd if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,
BBEAnd if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;
WebsterAnd if she had a husband when she vowed, or uttered aught from her lips, with which she bound her soul;

What does Numbers 30:6 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 30:6 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.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
הָי֤וֹha.Yocertainly <to belong>H1961
תִֽהְיֶה֙tih.Yehshe will belongH1961
לְאִ֔ישׁle.'Ishto a husbandH376
וּנְדָרֶ֖יהָu.ne.da.Rei.haand vows herH5088
עָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.ha[are] on herH5921
א֚וֹ'oorH176
מִבְטָ֣אmiv.Ta'[the] rash utterance ofH4008
שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָse.fa.Tei.halips herH8193
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָסְרָ֖ה'a.se.Rahshe has boundH631
עַל\־'al-onH5921
נַפְשָֽׁהּ\׃naf.Shahself herH5315

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

Cross references for Numbers 30:6

  • Psalms 56:12

    Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
she vowed. Heb. her vows were upon her.
Ps 56:12

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Context

  • Numbers 30:5

    But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

  • Numbers 30:6

    And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

  • Numbers 30:7

    And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

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Numbers 30:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas si su padre le vedare el día que oyere todos sus votos y sus obligaciones, con que ella hubiere ligado su alma, no serán firmes; y Jehová la perdonará, por cuanto su padre le vedó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais si son père la désapprouve le jour où il en a entendu parler, aucun de ses vœux et de ses obligations par lesquelles elle a obligé son âme ne demeureront obligatoires; et l’ Éternel lui pardonnera, car son père l’a désapprouvée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn aber ihr Vater ihr gewehrt hat an dem Tage, da er es hörte, so sollen alle ihre Gelübde und alle ihre Verbindnisse, die sie auf ihre Seele genommen hat, nicht bestehen; und Jehova wird ihr vergeben, weil ihr Vater ihr gewehrt hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sin autem statim ut audierit, contradixerit pater: et vota et juramenta ejus irrita erunt, nec obnoxia tenebitur sponsioni, eo quod contradixerit pater.