Numbers 30:12

Numbers 30:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will release her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the Lord will forgive her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and the Lord will release her.

Context of Numbers 30:12

10A woman who is living with her husband may make a promise to the Lord. 11If her husband hears about it but he does not say anything, she must do everything that she has promised. But her husband may say clearly that she must not do it. Then she must obey him. The Lord will understand why she does not do it. 13The husband may let his wife do what she promised to do, or he may refuse. 14If the husband does not say anything for many days about the promise, the woman must do what she promised.

Numbers 30:12 word by word

וְאִם־הָפֵר֩ יָפֵ֨ר אֹתָ֥ם׀ אִישָׁהּ֮ בְּי֣וֹם שָׁמְעוֹ֒ כָּל־מוֹצָ֨א שְׂפָתֶ֧יהָ לִנְדָרֶ֛יהָ וּלְאִסַּ֥ר נַפְשָׁ֖הּ לֹ֣א יָק֑וּם אִישָׁ֣הּ הֲפֵרָ֔ם וַיהוָ֖ה יִֽסְלַֽח־לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But if her husbandאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• hath utterlyפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• on the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• he heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• whatsoever proceededמוֹצָאmôtsâ' môtsâ' · exitH4161
• out of her lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• concerning her vowsנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
• or concerning the bondאִסָּר'ĕsâr 'issâr · injunctionH632
• of her soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• shall not standקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• and the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall forgiveסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545

Cross-references for Numbers 30:12

• 1 Corinthians 11:3This is something that I want you to know: Christ has authority over every man, as his head. Also, the head of a woman is her husband. And the head of Christ is God.
• Numbers 30:5But her father may refuse to let her do it. Then she does not have to do what she promised to do. The Lord will understand why she does not do it.
• Numbers 15:25Then the priest will make things right with God for all the Israelites. The Lord will forgive them. That is because their sin was a mistake. They have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord. And they have brought their sin offering to the Lord, for their mistake.

Commentaries on Numbers 30:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Concerning the bond of her soul - Her life is at stake if she fulfill not the obligation under which she has laid herself.Read the comment
• 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. 10-15A married woman needed her husband's approval to make vows and pledges. Her husband could cancel her religious promise. But he had to decide on the day he heard about it. God did not blame the married woman for breaking the promise if her husband canceled it correctly (compare 30:5, 8, 12). The self-denial mentioned in 30:13 probably refers to fasting. If he did not object, the husband's silence meant he agreed. He could not delay his objection, or he…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded--The subject of this chapter relates to vowing, which seems to have been an ancient usage, allowed by the law to remain, and by which some people declared their intention of offering some gift on the altar or abstaining from particular articles of meat or drink, of observing a private fast, or doing something to the honor or in the service of God, over and above what was authoritatively required. In Nu…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 30:12

• Vows
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Bond
• Disallow
• Vow
• Vows
• Forgiveness
• Hittites
• Lamedh
• Lip
• Number

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