Numbers 30:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² When a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² If a man vows a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break and profane his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

² When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Common English Bible

² When a man makes a solemn promise to the LORD or swears a solemn pledge of binding obligation for himself, he cannot break his word. He must do everything he said.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he said to the leaders of the tribes of the sons of Israel: "This is the word, which the Lord has instructed:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he said to the princes of the tribes of the children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded.

Numbers 30:2 Cross References

Job 22:27

You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows.

Psalm 116:14

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

Psalm 116:18

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.

Psalm 15:3

who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

Psalm 22:25

From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;

Psalm 55:20

My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.

Psalm 56:12

My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee.

Psalm 76:11

Make your vows to the Lord your God, and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making his vows.

Leviticus 5:4

Or if any one utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that men swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall in any of these be guilty.

Nahum 1:15

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.

Numbers 21:2

And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, “If thou wilt indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

Numbers 30:10

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,

Numbers 32:24

Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do what you have promised.”

Matthew 23:16

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Matthew 23:18

And you say, ‘If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’

Acts 23:12

When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:14

And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:21

But do not yield to them; for more than forty of their men lie in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 11:39

And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel