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Numbers 30:5

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30:5But if her father overrules her when he hears13 about it, then none14 of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the Lord will release15 her from it, because her father overruled her.

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Footnotes

  1. 13 The idiom is “in the day of,” but it is used in place of a preposition before the infinitive construct with its suffixed subjective genitive. The clause is temporal.
  2. 14 The Hebrew “all will not stand” is best rendered “none will stand.”
  3. 15 The verb has often been translated “forgive” (cf. , , , , ), but that would suggest a sin that needed forgiving. The idea of “release from obligation” is better; the idea is like that of having a debt “forgiven” or “retired.” In other words, she is free from the vow she had made. The Lord will not hold the woman responsible to do what she vowed.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But if her father opposes her on the day that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. And the Lord will forgive her, because her father opposed her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But if her father forbids her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the Lord will release her because her father has forbidden her.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, none of her vows and none of the obligations she put herself under are binding. The Lord will release her because her father has prohibited her.

NLTNew Living Translation

But if her father refuses to let her fulfill the vow or pledge on the day he hears of it, then all her vows and pledges will become invalid. The Lord will forgive her because her father would not let her fulfill them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If her father forbids her on the day he hears of it, all her vows or her pledges that she bound on herself will not stand, and Yahweh will forgive her because her father has forgiven her.

KJV 1900King James Version

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.