Numbers 30:11

What does Numbers 30:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 30:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her--he hath not disallowed her--then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If the wife in the house of her husband, hath bound herself by vow and by oath,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and her husband have heard it, and been silent at her, and hath not prohibited her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

Context

v.10And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

v.11This passage

v.12But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her.

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