Numbers 30:4

Numbers 30:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
• New International Version (NIV)and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and her father hears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself and says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand.

Context of Numbers 30:4

2If a man promises to the Lord that he will do something, he must do everything that he has promised. 3A young woman who still lives in her father's house might make a promise to the Lord. If her father hears about her promise and he does not say anything, she must do everything that she has promised. 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. 6But a young woman like that might make a promise to God and then marry a husband. She might have promised something when she had not thought carefully about it.

Numbers 30:4 word by word

וְשָׁמַ֨ע אָבִ֜יהָ אֶת־נִדְרָ֗הּ וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽסְרָ֣ה עַל־נַפְשָׁ֔הּ וְהֶחֱרִ֥ישׁ לָ֖הּ אָבִ֑יהָ וְקָ֙מוּ֙ כָּל־נְדָרֶ֔יהָ וְכָל־אִסָּ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָקֽוּם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And her fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• her vowנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
• and her bondאִסָּר'ĕsâr 'issâr · injunctionH632
• wherewith she hath boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• her soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• shall hold his peaceחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
• shall standקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965

Cross-references for Numbers 30:4

• Numbers 30:2If a man promises to the Lord that he will do something, he must do everything that he has promised.

Commentaries on Numbers 30:4

• 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. 3-5A young woman was under her father's authority. He was responsible for her actions and financial obligations.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 30:4

• Vows
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Bond
• Disallow
• Vow
• Vows
• Hittites
• Lamedh
• Number
• Numbers, Book of
• Relationships, Family

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