Numbers 30:14 - Easy To Read Version How does the husband let his wife keep her promises? If he hears about the promises and does not stop them, then the woman must do exactly what she promised. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
A married woman might promise to give something to the Lord, or she might promise to do without something, [364] or she might make some other special promise to God. The husband can stop any of those promises, and the husband can let her keep any of those promises.
But if the husband hears about the promises and stops them, then he is responsible for breaking her promises. [365] ”