Numbers 30

1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.

1Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel and said, 'This is what the LORD has commanded.'

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.

2'When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to bind himself to a promise, he must not break his word. He must do exactly what he said he would do.'

3Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

3'If a young woman who still lives in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or binds herself by a promise,'

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.

4'and her father hears about her vow or promise but says nothing to her, then all her vows and promises will stand.'

5But 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.

5'But if her father forbids her on the day he hears about it, none of her vows or promises will stand. The LORD will forgive her because her father stopped her.'

6And if she bemarriedto a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

6'If she gets married while she is under a vow or a thoughtless promise she made,'

7and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he heareth it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

7'and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her on that day, then her vows and promises will stand.'

8But 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.

8'But if her husband forbids her on the day he hears about it, he cancels the vow or the thoughtless promise she made. The LORD will forgive her.'

9But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.

9'However, any vow or promise made by a widow or a divorced woman will be binding on her.'

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

10'If a woman makes a vow or a promise under oath while living in her husband’s house,'

11and 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.

11'and her husband hears about it but says nothing and does not stop her, then all her vows and promises will stand.'

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.

12'But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears about them, then nothing she said regarding her vows or promises will stand. Her husband has canceled them, and the LORD will forgive her.'

13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

13'Her husband has the authority to confirm or cancel any vow she makes or any oath she takes to deny herself.'

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.

14'But if her husband says nothing to her day after day, he confirms all the vows and promises she is under. He confirms them because he said nothing to her on the day intermediate he heard about them.'

15But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

15'If he tries to cancel them sometime after he heard about them, then he will be responsible for her broken promise.'

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.

16'These are the laws the LORD gave Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter who still lives in his house.'