Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman 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.
International Standard Version
"When a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath an obligation that is binding to himself he is not to break his word. Instead, he is to fulfill whatever promise came out of his mouth.'"
A Conservative Version
When a man vows a vow to LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
American Standard Version
When 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.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.
Darby Translation
If a man vow a vow to Jehovah, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; according to all that hath gone out of his mouth shall he do.
Julia Smith Translation
A man when he shall vow a vow to Jehovah, or swear an oath to bind a binding upon his soul, he shall not profane his word; according to all going forth from his mouth he shall do.
King James 2000
If a man vows a vow unto the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
if a man makes a vow for Yahweh or swears an oath with a binding pledge on himself, he must not render his word invalid; he must do all that went out from his mouth.
Modern King James verseion
If a man vows a vow to Jehovah, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that comes out of his mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD or swear an oath and bind his soul, he shall not go back with his word: but shall fulfill all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
When, a man, shall vow a vow unto Yahweh, or swear an oath to bind a bond upon his soul, he shall not break his word, - according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth, shall he do.
Webster
If a man shall vow a vow to 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.
World English Bible
When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
'When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.
Themes
Oaths » Used for » Binding to performance of sacred duties
Interlinear
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Chalal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 30:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws For Vows
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Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, "This is what the LORD has commanded.
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Names
Cross References
Job 22:27
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
Psalm 22:25
From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
Psalm 50:14
Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,
Psalm 116:14
I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
Acts 23:12
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Leviticus 5:4
or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these;
Psalm 66:13-14
I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,
Psalm 116:18
I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
Nahum 1:15
Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
Genesis 28:20-22
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
Exodus 20:7
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Leviticus 27:2-34
"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the valuation of persons,
Numbers 21:2
And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction."
Numbers 30:3-4
"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 30:10
And if she vowed in her husband's house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,
Deuteronomy 23:21-23
"If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin
Judges 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah.
Judges 11:30-31
And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will give the Ammonites into my hand,
Judges 11:35-36
And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow."
Judges 11:39
And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom in Israel
Psalm 15:3
who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Psalm 55:20
My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.
Psalm 56:12
I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
Psalm 76:11
Make your vows to the LORD your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,
Psalm 119:106
I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.
Matthew 5:33-34
"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
Matthew 14:7-9
so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
Acts 23:14
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul
Acts 23:21
But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.
2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God to witness against me--it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 9:9-11
As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."