Numbers 30:3

What does Numbers 30:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 30:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If a woman also vow a vow to Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, in her father's house in her youth,

Context

v.2When 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.

v.3This passage

v.4and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

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