Numbers 30:9
New International Version
“Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.

New Living Translation
If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges.

English Standard Version
(But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.)

Berean Standard Bible
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.

King James Bible
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

New King James Version
“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

New American Standard Bible
“But as for the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, every binding obligation under which she has put herself, shall remain valid against her.

NASB 1995
“But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

NASB 1977
“But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

Legacy Standard Bible
“But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

Amplified Bible
“But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

Christian Standard Bible
“Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her.”

American Standard Version
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the entire vow of a widow or of an abandoned woman that she binds on herself will be confirmed for her.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatsoever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her.

Contemporary English Version
Widows and divorced women must keep every promise they make to the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfil whatsoever they vow.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"But a widow or a divorced woman must keep her vow or her promise.

Good News Translation
A widow or a divorced woman must keep every vow she makes and every promise to abstain from something.

International Standard Version
"Everything that a widow or a divorced woman pledges herself to fulfill are to be binding on her.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
As for the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she has bound on her soul is established on her.

Majority Standard Bible
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.

New American Bible
(The vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, however, any pledge to which such a woman binds herself, is valid.)

NET Bible
"But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.

New Revised Standard Version
(But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall be binding upon her.)

New Heart English Bible
"But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.

Webster's Bible Translation
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, with which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

World English Bible
“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul shall stand against her.

Young's Literal Translation
'As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Laws Concerning Vows
8But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her. 9Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her. 10If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,…

Cross References
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.

Numbers 30:10
If a woman in her husband's house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,


Treasury of Scripture

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, with which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

Luke 2:37
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Romans 7:2
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

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Numbers 30
1. Vows are not to be broken
3. The exceptions of a maid's vows
6. Of a wife's
9. Of a widow's or her that is divorced














Verse 9. - Every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced. This is not one of the cases treated of in this section (see verse 16), but is only mentioned in order to point out that it falls under the general principle laid down in verse 2.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Every
כֹּ֛ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

vow
וְנֵ֥דֶר (wə·nê·ḏer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5088: A promise, a thing promised

a widow
אַלְמָנָ֖ה (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place

or divorced woman
וּגְרוּשָׁ֑ה (ū·ḡə·rū·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

pledges to fulfill
אָסְרָ֥ה (’ā·sə·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

is binding
יָק֥וּם (yā·qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

on her.
עָלֶֽיהָ׃ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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