Numbers 30 · Verse 9

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 30:9, King James Version

Numbers 30:9 in other translations

BSBEvery vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
WEB“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul shall stand against her.
ASVBut the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
YLT‘As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.
DARBYBut the vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, — everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.
BBEBut an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.
WebsterBut every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, with which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

What does Numbers 30:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. every vow of a widow--In the case of a married woman, who, in the event of a separation from her husband, or of his death, returned, as was not uncommon, to her father's house, a doubt might have been entertained whether she was not, as before, subject to paternal jurisdiction and obliged to act with the paternal consent. The law ordained that the vow was binding if it had been made in her husband's lifetime, and he, on being made aware of it, had not interposed his veto [Nu 30:10, 11]; as, for instance, she might have vowed, when not a widow, that she would assign a portion of her income to pious and charitable uses, of which she might repent when actually a widow; but by this statute she was required to fulfil the obligation, provided her circumstances enabled her to redeem the pledge. The rules laid down must have been exceedingly useful for the prevention or cancelling of rash vows, as well as for giving a proper sanction to such as were legitimate in their nature, and made in a devout, reflecting spirit.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 30:9 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.

וְנֵ֥דֶרve.Ne.derand [the] vow ofH5088
אַלְמָנָ֖ה'al.ma.Naha widowH490
וּגְרוּשָׁ֑הu.ge.ru.Shahand a divorced [woman]H1644
כֹּ֛לkolallH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
אָסְרָ֥ה'a.se.Rahshe has boundH631
עַל\־'al-onH5921
נַפְשָׁ֖הּnaf.Shahself herH5315
יָק֥וּםya.Kumit will standH6965
עָלֶֽיהָ\׃'a.Lei.haon herH5921

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

Cross references for Numbers 30:9

  • Luke 2:37

    And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

  • Romans 7:2

    For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

  • Leviticus 21:7

    They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Le 21:7; Lu 2:37; Ro 7:2

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Context

  • Numbers 30:8

    But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.

  • 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;

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Numbers 30:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pero si cuando su marido lo oyó, le vedó, entonces el voto que ella hizo, y lo que pronunció de sus labios con que ligó su alma, será nulo; y Jehová lo perdonará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais si, le jour où son mari l’aura entendu, il la désapprouve et casse le vœu qui est sur elle et ce qui a échappé de ses lèvres, par quoi elle avait obligé son âme, l’ Éternel lui pardonnera.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn aber ihr Mann an dem Tage, da er es hört, ihr wehrt, so hebt er ihr Gelübde auf, das auf ihr ist, und den unbesonnenen Ausspruch ihrer Lippen, wozu sie ihre Seele verbunden hat; und Jehova wird ihr vergeben. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sin autem audiens statim contradixerit, et irritas fecerit pollicitationes ejus, verbaque quibus obstrinxerat animam suam, propitius erit ei Dominus.