God’s Word Translation
Numbers 30:11
11Her husband may hear about it but may say nothing and not object. Then her vow or oath must be kept.
Numbers 30:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
- New International Version (NIV)and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and her husband heard of it and said nothing to her and did not oppose her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she bound herself shall stand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and her husband heard it, and made no response to her and did not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand.
Context of Numbers 30:11
9“But a widow or a divorced woman must keep her vow or her promise. 10“A married woman might make a vow that she will do something or swear an oath that she won’t do something. Her husband may hear about it but may say nothing and not object. Then her vow or oath must be kept. 12But if her husband cancels it when he hears about it, nothing she said in her vow or oath has to be kept. Her husband has canceled it, and the Lord will free her ⌞from this vow or oath⌟. 13“A husband decides whether or not his wife has to keep any vow to do something or any oath to do without something.
Read all of Numbers 30Numbers 30:11 word by word
וְשָׁמַ֤ע אִישָׁהּ֙ וְהֶחֱרִ֣שׁ לָ֔הּ לֹ֥א הֵנִ֖יא אֹתָ֑הּ וְקָ֙מוּ֙ כָּל־נְדָרֶ֔יהָ וְכָל־אִסָּ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָקֽוּם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And her husbandאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- and held his peaceחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
- disallowedנוּאnû' · to forbidH5106
- her not: then all her vowsנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
- shall standקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
- and every bondאִסָּר'ĕsâr 'issâr · injunctionH632
- wherewith she boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
- her soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
Commentaries on Numbers 30:11
- 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
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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
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