Numbers 30:2-3,7 - Compare All Versions
Numbers 30:2-3 NIV (New International Version)
When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said. “When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge
Numbers 30:7 NIV (New International Version)
and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.
Numbers 30:2-3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. “If a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father’s house in her youth
Numbers 30:7 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
Numbers 30:2-3 NLT (New Living Translation)
A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do. “If a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father’s home
Numbers 30:7 NLT (New Living Translation)
If her husband learns of her vow or pledge and does not object on the day he hears of it, her vows and pledges will stand.
Numbers 30:2-3 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
When a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised. “When a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or puts herself under an obligation
Numbers 30:7 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
and her husband hears about it and says nothing to her when he finds out, her vows are binding, and the obligations she put herself under are binding.
Numbers 30:2-3 KJV (King James Version)
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear 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. 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
Numbers 30:7 KJV (King James Version)
and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Numbers 30:2-3 NKJV (New King James Version)
If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. “Or if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth
Numbers 30:7 NKJV (New King James Version)
and her husband hears it, and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand.
Numbers 30:1-5 MSG (The Message)
Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the People of Israel: “This is what GOD commands: When a man makes a vow to GOD or binds himself by an oath to do something, he must not break his word; he must do exactly what he has said. “When a woman makes a vow to GOD and binds herself by a pledge as a young girl still living in her father’s house, and her father hears of her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then she has to make good on all her vows and pledges. But if her father holds her back when he hears of what she has done, none of her vows and pledges are valid. GOD will release her since her father held her back.
Numbers 30:6-8 MSG (The Message)
“If she marries after she makes a vow or has made some rash promise or pledge, and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her, then she has to make good on whatever she vowed or pledged. But if her husband intervenes when he hears of it, he cancels the vow or rash promise that binds her. And GOD will release her.
Numbers 30:2-3 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or takes an oath to put himself under a binding obligation, he shall not break his word; he shall act in accordance with everything that comes out of his mouth. “And if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and puts herself under a binding obligation in her father’s house in her youth
Numbers 30:7 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears it, then her vows shall remain valid and her binding obligations under which she has put herself shall remain valid.
Numbers 30:2-3 AMP (Amplified Bible)
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself with a pledge [of abstinence], he shall not break (violate, profane) his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. “Also if a woman makes a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge [of abstinence], while living in her father’s house in her youth
Numbers 30:7 AMP (Amplified Bible)
and her husband hears of it and says nothing about it on the day he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her pledge by which she bound herself shall stand.
Numbers 30:2-3 NET (New English Translation)
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised. “If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation
Numbers 30:7 NET (New English Translation)
and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand.