Numbers 30:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

If a man makes 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הַמַּטּ֔וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yədabbēr Mōšeh ʾel-rāʾšê ham-maṭṭôt li-ḇnê Yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr zeh had-dāḇār ʾăšer ṣiwwāh YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wa-yədabbēr*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 3rd masc sing - and he spoke
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, masc sing - Moses
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
• *rāʾšê*: masculine plural construct of *rōʾš* - heads of
• *ham-maṭṭôt*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the tribes
• *li-ḇnê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - for the sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masc sing - this
• *had-dāḇār*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the word/thing
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *ṣiwwāh*: Piel perfect, 3rd masc sing - commanded
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh

Word Meanings

• *wa-yədabbēr*: and he spoke/said/declared
• *rāʾšê*: heads/chiefs/leaders of
• *ham-maṭṭôt*: the tribes/staffs/branches
• *had-dāḇār*: the word/matter/thing/command

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When a man{H376} voweth{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} or sweareth{H7650} an oath{H7621} to bind{H631} his soul{H5315} with a bond,{H632} he shall not break{H2490} his word;{H1697} he shall do{H6213} according to all that proceedeth{H3318} out of his mouth.{H6310}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  If a man{H376} vow{H5087}{(H8799)} a vow{H5088} unto the LORD{H3068}, or swear{H7650}{(H8736)} an oath{H7621} to bind{H631}{(H8800)} his soul{H5315} with a bond{H632}; he shall not break{H2490}{(H8686)} his word{H1697}, he shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} according to all that proceedeth{H3318}{(H8802)} out of his mouth{H6310}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or swere an othe ad bynde his soule he shall not goo backe with his worde: but shal fulfyll all ye proceadeth out of his mouth

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (30:3) Whosoeuer voweth a vow vnto the Lord, or sweareth an othe to binde him selfe by a bonde, he shall not breake his promise, but shall do according to al that proceedeth out of his mouth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:25 : 25 My praise shall be of You in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those who fear Him.
• Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High:
• Job 22:27 : 27 You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
• Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
• Ps 116:14 : 14 I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people.
• Ps 116:18 : 18 I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people,
• Prov 20:25 : 25 It is a snare for a man to devour what is holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows.
• Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to pay it, for He has no pleasure in fools; pay what you have vowed. 5 It is better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
• Nah 1:15 : 15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows; for the wicked shall no longer pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
• Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will go into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble.
• Lev 5:4 : 4 Or if a person swears, speaking falsely with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a person may pronounce with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.
• Num 30:3-4 : 3 If a woman also makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth, 4 And her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
• Num 30:10 : 10 And if she vowed in her husband's house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
• Deut 23:21-23 : 21 When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. 22 But if you refrain from vowing, it shall not be sin in you. 23 That which has gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the LORD your God, which you have promised with your mouth.
• Judg 11:11 : 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
• Judg 11:30-31 : 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, 31 Then it shall be, that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
• Judg 11:35-36 : 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me: for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot go back. 36 And she said to him, My father, if you have opened your mouth to the LORD, do to me according to what has proceeded out of your mouth; forasmuch as the LORD has taken vengeance for you upon your enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
• Judg 11:39 : 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
• Lev 27:2-9 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man makes a special vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by your estimation. 3 And your estimation shall be for the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it is a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your estimation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 And if it is from a month old even to five years old, then your estimation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it is from sixty years old and above; if it is a male, then your estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he is poorer than your estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it is a beast, of which men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD shall be holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he changes beast for beast, then both it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. 11 And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad: as you value it, who are the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part of it to your estimation. 14 And when a man sanctifies his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he who sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man sanctifies to the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sanctifies his field from the year of Jubilee, according to your estimation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctifies his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain, to the year of the Jubilee, and it shall be abated from your estimation. 19 And if he who sanctified the field will in any way redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21 But the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if a man sanctifies to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 23 Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your estimation, even to the year of the Jubilee: and he shall give your estimation in that day, as a holy thing to the LORD. 24 In the year of the Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belonged. 25 And all your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S. 27 And if it is of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your estimation. 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy to the LORD. 31 And if a man will at all redeem anything of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD. 33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
• Gen 28:20-22 : 20 And Jacob vowed 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 clothes to wear, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 22 And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that you give me I will surely give the tenth to you.
• Exod 20:7 : 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.
• Ps 76:11 : 11 Vow and pay to the LORD your God; let all around Him bring presents to Him who is to be feared.
• Ps 15:3 : 3 He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.
• Ps 55:20 : 20 He has put forth his hands against those at peace with him; he has broken his covenant.
• Ps 56:12 : 12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praises to you.
• Matt 5:33-34 : 33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:' 34 But I say to you, do not swear at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne:
• Matt 14:7-9 : 7 So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. 8 And she, having been prompted by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist on a platter. 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless, because of the oath, and those who sat with him at the table, he commanded it to be given to her.
• Matt 23:16 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated!
• Matt 23:18 : 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty.
• Acts 23:14 : 14 They came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.
• Acts 23:21 : 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.
• 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 Moreover, I call God as a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come yet to Corinth.
• 2 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness; 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.
• Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
• Num 21:2 : 2 And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.