Numbers 30:9

Numbers 30:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
• New International Version (NIV)“Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)(But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

Context of Numbers 30:9

7and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears it, then her vows shall remain valid and her binding obligations under which she has put herself shall remain valid. 8But if on the day her husband hears of it, he expresses disapproval to her, then he will annul her vow which she is under and the impulsive statement of her lips by which she has obligated herself; and the Lord will forgive her. “But as for the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, every binding obligation under which she has put herself, shall remain valid against her. 10However, if a married woman vowed in her husband’s house, or put herself under a binding obligation with an oath, 11and her husband heard it, but said nothing to her and did not express disapproval to her, then all her vows shall remain valid and every binding obligation under which she put herself shall remain valid.

Numbers 30:9 word by word

וְנֵ֥דֶר אַלְמָנָ֖ה וּגְרוּשָׁ֑ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָק֥וּם עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• the vowנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
• of a widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• or of a divorcedגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: divorceH1644
• woman, everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• bindingאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• herselfנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• shall remainקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Numbers 30:9

• Leviticus 21:7They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
• Luke 2:37and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.
• Romans 7:2For the married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.

Commentaries on Numbers 30:9

• 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. 9A widow or divorced woman usually returned to her father's family (Leviticus 22:13). Yet, a mature single woman who made a vow or pledge had to fulfill her religious duties.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. every vow of a widow--In the case of a married woman, who, in the event of a separation from her husband, or of his death, returned, as was not uncommon, to her father's house, a doubt might have been entertained whether she was not, as before, subject to paternal jurisdiction and obliged to act with the paternal consent. The law ordained that the vow was binding if it had been made in her husband's lifetime, and he, on being made aware of it, had not…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 30:9

• Vows
• Widow
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bind
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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