Numbers 30:6

Numbers 30:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
• New International Version (NIV)“If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If she marries a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself,

Context of Numbers 30:6

4If 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. But 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. 7After she marries, if her husband hears about it but he does not stop her, she must do what she promised. 8But her husband may say that he refuses to let her do it. He must say that on the day when he first hears about it. Then the woman does not have to do what she promised to do. The Lord will forgive her.

Numbers 30:6 word by word

וְאִם־הָי֤וֹ תִֽהְיֶה֙ לְאִ֔ישׁ וּנְדָרֶ֖יהָ עָלֶ֑יהָ א֚וֹ מִבְטָ֣א שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָסְרָ֖ה עַל־נַפְשָֽׁהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if she had at all an husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• when she vowedנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
• or utteredמִבְטָאmibţâ' · rash wordH4008
• ought out of her lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• wherewith she boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• her soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Numbers 30:6

• Psalms 56:12I have made special promises to you, God, and I will do what I have promised. I will offer to you a sacrifice to say ‘thank you’.

Commentaries on Numbers 30:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Rather, And if she shall at all be an husband‘s, and her vows shall be upon her, or a rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, etc. The “at all” intimates that the case of a girl betrothed but not yet actually married is here especially contemplated. After betrothal, a woman continued to reside, until the period of her marriage arrived, in her father‘s house; but her property was from that time forward vested in her husband, and she…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. 6-8When a young Hebrew woman married, her husband gained authority over her. He could cancel any vow or pledge she made while under her father's authority. This was only true if he canceled it as soon as he heard about it.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 30:6

• Vows
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Disallow
• Vow
• Vows
• Hittites
• Lamedh
• Lip
• 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