| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. | 1Moses told the leaders of the Israelite tribes, "This is what the LORD has commanded: |
| 2If 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. | 2When 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." |
| 3If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; | 3When a woman in her father's house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or puts herself under an obligation, |
| 4And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. | 4and her father hears about her vow or the obligation she put herself under, and he says nothing to her, all her vows and every obligation she put herself under are binding. |
| 5But 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. | 5But 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 absolve her because her father has prohibited her." |
| 6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; | 6If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding, |
| 7And 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. | 7and 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. |
| 8But 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, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. | 8But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the LORD will forgive her." |
| 9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. | 9Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her." |
| 10And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; | 10If a woman in her husband's house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath, |
| 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. | 11and her husband hears about it, says nothing to her, and does not prohibit her, all her vows are binding, and every obligation she put herself under is binding. |
| 12But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day 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 the LORD shall forgive her. | 12But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears about it, nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or her obligation, is binding. Her husband has canceled them, and the LORD will absolve her. |
| 13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. | 13Her husband may confirm or cancel any vow or any sworn obligation 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 confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. | 14If her husband says nothing at all to her from day to day, he confirms all her vows and obligations, which are binding. He has confirmed them because he said nothing to her when he heard about them. |
| 15But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. | 15But if he cancels them after he hears about them, he will be responsible for her commitment." |
| 16These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. | 16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, or between a father and his daughter in his house during her youth. |
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