Numbers 30:8 {9}
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her.

Genesis 3:16 To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

1 Corinthians 7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body: but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body: but the wife.

1 Corinthians 14:34 Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith.

Ephesians 5:22-24 Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: . . .

Context
Laws Concerning Vows
7The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she promised. 8But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her.9The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfil whatsoever they vow.…
Cross References
Leviticus 5:4
The person that sweareth, and uttereth with his lips, that he would do either evil or good, and bindeth the same with an oath, and his word: and having forgotten it afterwards understandeth his offence,

Numbers 30:5
But if her father, immediately as soon as he heard it, gainsaid it, both her vows and her oaths shall be void, neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it.

Numbers 30:7
The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she promised.

Numbers 30:9
The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfil whatsoever they vow.

Lexicon
But if
וְ֠אִם (wə·’im)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

her husband
אִישָׁהּ֮ (’î·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

prohibits
יָנִ֣יא (yā·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5106: To refuse, forbid, dissuade, neutralize

her
אוֹתָהּ֒ (’ō·w·ṯāh)
Direct object marker | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

when
בְּי֨וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

he hears of it,
שְׁמֹ֣עַ (šə·mō·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

he nullifies
וְהֵפֵ֗ר (wə·hê·p̄êr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate

the vow
נִדְרָהּ֙ (niḏ·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5088: A promise, a thing promised

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

binds her
עָלֶ֔יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

or the rash promise
מִבְטָ֣א (miḇ·ṭā)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4008: A rash utterance

she
נַפְשָׁ֑הּ (nap̄·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

has made,
אָסְרָ֖ה (’ā·sə·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

and the LORD
וַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will absolve
יִֽסְלַֽח־ (yis·laḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5545: To forgive, pardon

her.
לָֽהּ׃ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.

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.

But if her husband should straitly forbid her in the day in which he should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.

But if her husband prohibit her on the day that he heareth it, and annul her vow which is upon her, and what hath passed her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, then Jehovah shall pardon her.

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 the LORD shall forgive her.

But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make of no effect her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul: and the LORD shall forgive her.

But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.

And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which is on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her.
Jump to Previous
Annul Bound Clear Disallow Disallowed Effect Heard Heareth Hearing Hears Herself Lips Make Makes Nullifies Oath Obligates Promise Rash Release Soul Statement Thought Thoughtless Undertaking Utterance Uttered Void Vow Vowed Wherewith
Jump to Next
Annul Bound Clear Disallow Disallowed Effect Heard Heareth Hearing Hears Herself Lips Make Makes Nullifies Oath Obligates Promise Rash Release Soul Statement Thought Thoughtless Undertaking Utterance Uttered Void Vow Vowed Wherewith
External Links
Numbers 30:8 NIV
Numbers 30:8 NLT
Numbers 30:8 ESV
Numbers 30:8 NASB
Numbers 30:8 ASV

Numbers 30:8 Bible Apps
Numbers 30:8 Biblia Paralela
Numbers 30:8 Chinese Bible
Numbers 30:8 French Bible
Numbers 30:8 German Bible

Alphabetical: about and annul bound But by day forbids forgive has he hears her herself husband if is it lips LORD nullifies obligates of on or promise rash release shall she statement that the then under vow when which will

OT Law: Numbers 30:8 But if her husband disallow her (Nu Num.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Numbers 30:7
Top of Page
Top of Page