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Laws about Vows

Numbers 30:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
KJV
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
WEB
“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul shall stand against her.
ASV
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
LSV
As for the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she has bound on her soul is established on her.
YLT
'As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.
DBY
But the vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, — everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.
DRC30:10
The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfill whatsoever they vow.
GNV30:10
But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is diuorced (wherewith she hath bound her selfe) shall stand in effect with her.
JPS30:10
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
LXXE30:10
And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatsoever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her.Gr. vow.

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Original-language editions

WLC30:10
וְנֵ֥דֶר אַלְמָנָ֖ה וּגְרוּשָׁ֑ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָק֥וּם עָלֶֽיהָ׃KJV:Num.30.9
LXX-Br30:10
Καὶ εὐχὴ χήρας καὶ ἐκβεβλημένης ὅσα ἐὰν εὔξηται κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῆς, μενοῦσιν αὐτῇ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 7:2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
  • Luke 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
  • Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 30:10 in some Bibles
  • 30:9 in most Bibles

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