You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfil your vows.
Numbers 30:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And he said to the princes of the tribes of the children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded. |
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfil your vows.
Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name.
It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly and later to reconsider his vows.
Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil #– #concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath #– #without being aware of it, but later recognises it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.
Look to the mountains – the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace. Celebrate your festivals, Judah; fulfil your vows. For the wicked one will never again march through you; he will be entirely wiped out.
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord, ‘If you will hand this people over to us, we will completely destroy their cities.’
‘If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,
Build cities for your dependents and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.’
‘Woe to you, blind guides, who say, “Whoever takes an oath by the temple, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the temple is bound by his oath.”
Also, “Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.”
When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, ‘We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.
Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush #– #men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.’
I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander, and Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the Lord at Mizpah.
At the end of two months, she returned to her father, and he kept the vow he had made about her. And she had never been intimate with a man. Now it became a custom in Israel