| International Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1 Later, Moses told the elders of the Israeli tribes, "This is what the LORD has commanded: | 1Moses told the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites, "This is what the LORD has commanded: |
| 2When 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.'" | 2If 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. |
| 3"When a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or pledges herself to an obligation while she still lives in her father's house, | 3"If a young woman who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation, |
| 4and her father hears her vow and the obligations that she had pledged herself to fulfill, yet her father keeps silent about it, then all her vows and every obligation she pledged herself to are to stand. | 4and her father hears of her vow or the obligation to which she has pledged herself, and her father remains silent about her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation to which she has pledged herself will stand. |
| 5But if her father disallows her on the same day that he hears what she has said, then all her vows and every obligation she had pledged herself to fulfill are not to stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her." | 5But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, then none of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the LORD will release her from it, because her father overruled her. |
| 6"If she has a husband and she makes a vow that is binding on herself, or if she makes a hasty vow with her mouth that she pledges herself to fulfill, | 6"And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself, |
| 7and her husband hears her vow, yet remains silent on the day that he hears it, then her vows are to stand and the obligation to which she had pledged herself is to stand. | 7and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. |
| 8But if, on the same day her husband hears and disallows her, then he has revoked her vows that she made for herself, along with any hasty vows that she spoke and to which she pledged herself to fulfill. The LORD will forgive her." | 8But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the LORD will release her from it. |
| 9"Everything that a widow or a divorced woman pledges herself to fulfill are to be binding on her. | 9"But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact. |
| 10If, while she had been living in her late or former husband's house, she makes a vow or a promise that binds her with an oath, | 10If she made the vow in her husband's house or put herself under obligation with an oath, |
| 11and her husband hears it but remains silent, not disallowing it, then all her vows are to stand, along with every obligation that she has pledged to fulfill. | 11and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand. |
| 12But if her husband disallowed them the very day that he heard her, everything that she spoke relating to her vows and her obligation to herself are not to stand, because her husband revoked them. The LORD will forgive her. | 12But if her husband clearly nullifies them when he hears them, then whatever she says by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the LORD will release her from them. |
| 13Her husband may confirm or revoke every vow and binding obligation that afflicts her. | 13"Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify. |
| 14But if her husband remains silent about her from day to day, then he has affirmed all her vows or obligations that she has obligated herself to fulfill. He has affirmed them because he remained silent from the day he heard her vows. | 14But if her husband remains completely silent about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about when he heard them. |
| 15But if he nullified them after he had heard, then he will be responsible for any resulting iniquity." | 15But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity." |
| 16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning a man and his wife and concerning a father and his young daughter while she still lives in her father's house. | 16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father's house. |
|
