Bible verse
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
Numbers 30:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 30.
5 But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
6 If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
7 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
8 But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
9 Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
10 If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,
11 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
12 But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.
KJV
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
ASV
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
ERV
But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.
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