Numbers 30:10

Numbers 30:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
• New International Version (NIV)“If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if she vowed in her husband's house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath,

Context of Numbers 30:10

8But if on the day her husband hears of it, he forbids her, then he shall annul her vow which she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself; and the Lord will forgive her. 9“But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. However, if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an obligation with an oath, 11and her husband heard it, but said nothing to her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand and every obligation by which she bound herself shall stand. 12But if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and the Lord will forgive her.

Numbers 30:10 word by word

וְאִם־בֵּ֥ית אִישָׁ֖הּ נָדָ֑רָה אֽוֹ־אָסְרָ֥ה אִסָּ֛ר עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• However, ifאִם'im · ifH518
• she vowedנָדַרnâdar · to vowH5087
• in her husband’sאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• orאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• herselfנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• by an obligationאִסָּר'ĕsâr 'issâr · injunctionH632
• with an oathשְׁבוּעָהshebû‛âh · oathH7621

Commentaries on Numbers 30:10

• 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 30:10

• Vows
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bind
• Disallow
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• Hittites
• Lamedh
• Number
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• Woman

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