Numbers 30:15
What does Numbers 30:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 30:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But if the husband hearing it hold his peace, and defer the declaring his mind till another day: whatsoever she had vowed and promised, she shall fulfil: because immediately as he heard it, he held his peace.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But if he in any way annul them after he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
Context
v.14But 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.
v.15This passage
v.16These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 30:8
But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.
- Galatians 3:28
There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.
- Leviticus 5:1
And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
- Numbers 30:12
But 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.
- Numbers 30:5
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
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