Deuteronomy 23:21
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When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
In other translations
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-ifH3588תִדֹּרtidoryou will vowH5087נֶדֶרnedera vowH5088לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430לֹאlo'notH3808תְאַחֵרte'acheryou will delayH309לְשַׁלְּמוֹleshalemoto pay itH7999כִּי־ki-forH3588דָּרֹשׁdaroshcertainly <to require>H1875יִדְרְשֶׁנּוּyidreshenuhe will require itH1875יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430מֵעִמָּךְme'imakhfrom with <the> youH5973וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961בְךָvekhaon <the> youחֵטְא׃chet'sinH2399
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 5:4-54 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow. 5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
- Psalm 66:13-1413 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You— 14 the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
- Psalm 116:18I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,
- Psalm 56:12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
- Psalm 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
- Numbers 30:1-161 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. 2 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. 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.1 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised. 3 And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
- Matthew 5:33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
- Deuteronomy 23:18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
- Genesis 35:1-31 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
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