Numbers 30:13

¹¹ And 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.

¹² But 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.

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

¹⁴ But 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.

¹⁵ But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.
KJV: Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
WEB: Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
ASV: Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
DARBY: Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it.
BLB: Every vow, and every sworn binding obligation to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it or her husband may make it void.

ÅB: Ethvert løfte og enhver forpliktelse til avhold og faste som hun med ed har pålagt seg, kan hennes mann enten stadfeste eller gjøre ugyldig.
OTB: Hennes mann kan bekrefte eller annullere ethvert løfte eller ed hun gir.
B1930: Ethvert løfte og enhver forpliktelse til avhold og faste som hun med ed har pålagt sig, kan hennes mann enten stadfeste eller gjøre ugyldig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
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Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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Isaiah 58:5
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
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Leviticus 23:32
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
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Leviticus 16:29
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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1 Peter 3:1–6
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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Leviticus 23:27
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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Numbers 29:7
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
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