“Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her being, let her husband confirm it, or let her husband nullify it.
Numbers 30:14 - The Scriptures 1998 “But if her husband is altogether silent at her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her – he confirms them, because he kept silent towards her on the day that he heard. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if her husband altogether holds his peace [concerning the matter] with her from day to day, then he establishes and confirms all her vows or all her pledges which are upon her. He establishes them because he said nothing to [restrain] her on the day he heard of them. American Standard Version (1901) But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he hath established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. Common English Bible But if her husband keeps silent from one day to the next, he has upheld all her solemn promises, or all her binding obligations. He has upheld them because he remained silent on the day he heard them. Catholic Public Domain Version If she has vowed or bound herself by oath, in order to afflict her soul by fasting, or by abstaining from other things, it shall be for the arbitration of her husband, as to whether or not she may do it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict her soul by fasting, or abstinence from other things, it shall depend on the will of her husband, whether she shall do it, or not do it. |
“Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her being, let her husband confirm it, or let her husband nullify it.
“But if he nullifies them after he has heard, then he shall bear her crookedness.”