King James Version
Numbers 30:9 in the King James Version says “But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.”
Numbers 30:9 · KJV
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and of her that is divorced”
H1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“wherewith they have bound”
H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“their souls”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“shall stand”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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