Numbers 30:13 “Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny…”

Numbers 30:13

Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

World English Bible

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

American Standard Version

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Geneva Bible 1599

But if her husband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lippes concerning her vowes or concerning her bondes, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disanulled them: and the Lord will forgiue her.

Darby Translation

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it.

Young's Literal Translation

'Every vow and every oath — a bond to humble a soul — her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

Bible in Basic English

Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.

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Cross references

“and every”

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Peter 3:1–6

1 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 11:9 · BSB

Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

1 Peter 3:1–6 · BSB

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

“to afflict”

Numbers 29:7 Leviticus 16:29 Leviticus 23:27 Leviticus 23:32 Ezra 8:21 Psalm 35:13

Numbers 29:7 · BSB

On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.

Leviticus 16:29 · BSB

This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—

Leviticus 23:27 · BSB

“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:32 · BSB

It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

Ezra 8:21 · BSB

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Psalm 35:13 · BSB

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.

14But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them.

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