Numbers 30:9

Numbers 30:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
• New International Version (NIV)“Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)(But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

Context of Numbers 30:9

7and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. 8But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her. Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her. 10If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath, 11and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

Numbers 30:9 word by word

וְנֵ֥דֶר אַלְמָנָ֖ה וּגְרוּשָׁ֑ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָק֥וּם עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• Everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• vowנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
• a widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• or divorced womanגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: divorceH1644
• pledges to fulfillאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• pledges to fulfillעַל‛al · uponH5921
• pledges to fulfillנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• is bindingקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965

Cross-references for Numbers 30:9

• Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
• Luke 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
• Romans 7:2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

Commentaries on Numbers 30:9

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-16Verses 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 law consults the good order…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9A widow or divorced woman usually returned to her father's family (Leviticus 22:13). Yet, a mature single woman who made a vow or pledge had to fulfill her religious duties.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 30:9

• Vows
• Widow
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bind
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Commentaries on Numbers 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings