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Numbers 30:9
But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her.
Numbers 30:9 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Numbers 30:9 in other translations
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul shall stand against her.
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In context
6 But if her father, immediately as soon as he heard it, gainsaid it, both her vows and her oaths shall be void, neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it.
7 If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath,
8 The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she promised.
9 But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her.
10 The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfil whatsoever they vow.
11 If the wife in the house of her husband, hath bound herself by vow and by oath,
12 If her husband hear, and hold his peace, and doth not disallow the promise, she shall accomplish whatsoever she had promised.
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