Numbers 30:13
Modern Translations
New International Version
Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

New Living Translation
So her husband may either confirm or nullify any vows or pledges she makes to deny herself.

English Standard Version
Any vow and any binding oath to afflict herself, her husband may establish, or her husband may make void.

Berean Study Bible
Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

New American Standard Bible
“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

NASB 1995
"Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

NASB 1977
“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

Amplified Bible
“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

Christian Standard Bible
Her husband may confirm or cancel any vow or any sworn obligation to deny herself.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Her husband may confirm or cancel any vow or any sworn obligation to deny herself.

Contemporary English Version
Her husband has the final say about any promises she makes to the LORD.

Good News Translation
Her husband has the right to affirm or to annul any vow or promise that she has made.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"A husband decides whether or not his wife has to keep any vow to do something or any oath to do without something.

International Standard Version
Her husband may confirm or revoke every vow and binding obligation that afflicts her.

NET Bible
"Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

New King James Version
Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void.

King James 2000 Bible
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

New Heart English Bible
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

World English Bible
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

American King James Version
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

American Standard Version
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

A Faithful Version
Every vow and every binding oath to afflict herself, her husband may establish it, or her husband may nullify it.

Darby Bible Translation
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it.

English Revised Version
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Webster's Bible Translation
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(30:14) So euery vowe, and euery othe or bonde, made to humble the soule, her husband may stablish it, or her husband may breake it.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule, may her husbande stablishe or breake.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And all vowes & oothes yt bynde to humble ye soule, maie hir husbade stablish or breake, thus:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule maye her husbande stablish or breake.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Every vow and every oath—a bond to humble a soul—her husband establishes it, or her husband breaks it;

Young's Literal Translation
'Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

Smith's Literal Translation
Every vow, and every oath of binding to afflict the soul, her husband shall cause it to stand, and her husband shall annul it.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict her soul by fasting, or abstinence from other things, it shall depend on the will of her husband, whether she shall do it, or not do it.

Catholic Public Domain Version
If she has vowed or bound herself by oath, in order to afflict her soul by fasting, or by abstaining from other things, it shall be for the arbitration of her husband, as to whether or not she may do it.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Her husband may confirm all of the vows and all the oaths of bonds that detract from the soul, or her husband may nullify them.

Lamsa Bible
Every vow and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish or her husband may make it void.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may let it stand, or her husband may make it void.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.
















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