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Num. 30:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
vow
nadar (Hebrew #5087)
to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
KJV usage: (make a) vow.
Pronounce: naw-dar'
Origin: a primitive root
i a vow
neder (Hebrew #5088)
from 5087; a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
KJV usage: vow((-ed)).
Pronounce: neh'-der
Origin: or neder {nay'-der}
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, or swear
shaba` (Hebrew #7650)
propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV usage: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Pronounce: shaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
k an oath
shbuw`ah (Hebrew #7621)
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
KJV usage: curse, oath, X sworn.
Pronounce: sheb-oo-aw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 7650
to bind
'acar (Hebrew #631)
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
KJV usage: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
Pronounce: aw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
his soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
with a bond
'ecar (Hebrew #632)
from 631; an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
KJV usage: binding, bond.
Pronounce: es-sawr'
Origin: or riccar {is-sawr'}
; he shall not δbreak
chalal (Hebrew #2490)
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute)
KJV usage: begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Pronounce: khaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2470)
his word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
, he shall do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
l according to all that proceedeth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
out of his mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
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Lev. 27:2• 2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When a man devoteth by a vow, the persons [shall be] for Jehovah by thy valuation. (Lev. 27:2)
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Deut. 23:21• 21{i}When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not delay to perform it; for Jehovah thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sin in thee.{/i} (Deut. 23:21)
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Judg. 11:35‑36• 35{i}And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back.{/i}
 36{i}And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to Jehovah, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as Jehovah has taken vengeance for thee upon thine enemies, upon the children of Ammon.{/i} (Judg. 11:35‑36)
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Psa. 15:4• 4Despised in his eyes [is] the contemned [one],{HR}And the fearers of Jehovah he honoureth;{HR}That hath sworn to the injury of [himself] and hath not changed. (Psa. 15:4)
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Eccl. 5:4• 4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it;{HR}For he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest. (Eccl. 5:4)
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Lev. 5:4• 4Or if a soul swear rashly with his lips, to do evil or to do good, in everything that a man shall say rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth, then shall he be guilty in one of these. (Lev. 5:4)
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Matt. 5:33• 33Again ye heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt render to the Lord thine oaths. (Matt. 5:33)
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Matt. 14:7‑9• 7{i}whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.{/i}
 8{i}But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the Baptist.{/i}
 9{i}And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.{/i} (Matt. 14:7‑9)
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Acts 23:14• 14who therefore came to the high priests and the elders, and said, We have put ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. (Acts 23:14)
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profane,
Psa. 55:20• 20He put forth his hands against those at peace with him;{HR}He profaned his covenant. (Psa. 55:20)
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Job 22:27• 27Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee,{HR}And thou shalt pay thy vows, (Job 22:27)
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Psa. 22:25• 25Of thee [is] my praise in the great congregation;{HR}I will perform my vows before those who fear him. (Psa. 22:25)
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Psa. 50:14• 14Sacrifice unto God thanksgiving{HR}And pay unto the Most High thy vows; (Psa. 50:14)
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Psa. 66:13‑14• 13I will go to thy house with burnt offerings,{HR}I will pay to thee my vows,
 14Which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke in my distress. (Psa. 66:13‑14)
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Psa. 116:14,18• 14I will pay my vows to Jehovah,{HR}Yea in the presence of all his people.
 18My vows to Jehovah I will pay,{HR}Yea before all his people, (Psa. 116:14,18)
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Nah. 1:15• 15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. (Nah. 1:15)

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Oath,
Soul; Spirit,
Vow

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If a man.The preceding chapters had treated of sacrifices required by law; and in the laws here delivered in respect to vows must have been very useful, as they both prevented and annulled rash vows, and provided a proper sanction for the support and performance of those which were rationally made, and which were made to the Lord.vow a vow.
Num. 21:2• 2{i}Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.{/i} (Num. 21:2)
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Gen. 28:20‑22• 20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on,
 21and I come again in peace to my father's house, then shall Jehovah be for God to me.
 22And this stone which I have set [for] a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen. 28:20‑22)
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Lev. 27:2‑34• 2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When a man devoteth by a vow, the persons [shall be] for Jehovah by thy valuation.
 3And thy valuation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old: even thy valuation shall be sixty shekels of silver after the shekel of the sanctuary.
 4And if for a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
 5And if from five years old even to twenty years old, then thy valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
 6And if from a month old even to five years old, then thy valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation [shall be] three shekels of silver.
 7And if from sixty years old and above, if a male, then thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female ten shekels.
 8And if he be poorer than thy valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his means that vowed shall the priest value him.
 9And if it be] a beast of which men offer an offering to Jehovah, all that they give of such to Jehovah shall be holy.
 10They shall not alter it nor change it; a good for a bad nor a bad for a good; and if he at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
 11And if any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an offering to Jehovah, then he shall present the beast before the priest;
 12and the priest shall value it, between good and bad: according to thy valuation, O priest, so shall it be.
 13And if they will in any wise redeem it, then they shall add a fifth thereof according to thy valuation.
 14And when anyone halloweth his house, that it may be holy to Jehovah, the priest shall value it, between good and bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
 15And if he that halloweth it will redeem his house, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it shall be his.
 16And if a man hallow to Jehovah out of a field of his possession, thy valuation shall be according to the seed thereof: the homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
 17If he hallow his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand;
 18but if he hallow his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain until the year of the jubilee, and there shall be a reduction from thy valuation.
 19And if he that hallowed the field will in any wise redeem it, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him;
 20but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed anymore;
 21and the field when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Jehovah as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
 22And if he hallow to Jehovah a field that he hath bought, which [is] not the field of his possession,
 23the priest shall reckon to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of the jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation on that day, holy unto Jehovah.
 24In the year of the jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, to him to whom the possession of the land [belonged].
 25And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
 26Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it: whether [it be] ox or sheep, it [is] Jehovah's.
 27And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add to it the fifth thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thine estimation.
 28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy to Jehovah.
 29None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
 30And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] Jehovah's, holy to Jehovah.
 31And if a man will redeem [aught] of his tithe, he shall add to it the fifth thereof.
 32And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Jehovah.
 33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy: it shall not be redeemed.
 34These [are] the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. (Lev. 27:2‑34)
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Deut. 23:21‑22• 21{i}When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not delay to perform it; for Jehovah thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sin in thee.{/i}
 22{i}But if thou forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.{/i} (Deut. 23:21‑22)
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Judg. 11:11,30‑31,35‑36• 11{i}Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; and Jephthah uttered all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.{/i}
 30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, {i}and said, If thou wilt without fail give the children of Ammon into my hand,{/i}
 31It shall be that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
 35{i}And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back.{/i}
 36{i}And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to Jehovah, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as Jehovah has taken vengeance for thee upon thine enemies, upon the children of Ammon.{/i} (Judg. 11:11,30‑31,35‑36)
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Judg. 11:39• 39{i}And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, and he performed on her the vow that he had vowed; and she had known no man. And it became a fixed custom in Israel,{/i} (Judg. 11:39)
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Psa. 15:3• 3[Who] hath not slandered with his tongue,{HR}Hath not done evil to his neighbour,{HR}And hath not taken up a reproach against his neighbour. (Psa. 15:3)
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Psa. 56:12• 12Upon me, O God, [are] thy vows:{HR}I will render thank-offerings unto thee. (Psa. 56:12)
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Psa. 76:11• 11Vow and pray to Jehovah your God:{HR}All around him will bring a present to the Fear . (Psa. 76:11)
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Psa. 119:106• 106I have sworn, and will perform,{HR}To keep thy righteous judgments. (Psa. 119:106)
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Prov. 20:25• 25[It is] a snare to a man rashly to say,{HR}[It is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry. (Prov. 20:25)
swear.
Ex. 20:7• 7{i}Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.{/i} (Ex. 20:7)
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Lev. 5:4• 4Or if a soul swear rashly with his lips, to do evil or to do good, in everything that a man shall say rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth, then shall he be guilty in one of these. (Lev. 5:4)
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Matt. 5:33‑34• 33Again ye heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt render to the Lord thine oaths.
 34But I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is God's throne; (Matt. 5:33‑34)
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Matt. 14:7‑9• 7{i}whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.{/i}
 8{i}But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the Baptist.{/i}
 9{i}And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.{/i} (Matt. 14:7‑9)
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Acts 23:12• 12And when it was day the Jews, having made a combination, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. (Acts 23:12)
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2 Cor. 1:23• 23But I call God as witness upon my soul, that to spare you I came not yet unto Corinth; (2 Cor. 1:23)
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2 Cor. 9:9‑11• 9as it is written, He scattered, he gave to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever.
 10But he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for eating will supply and multiply your sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
 11ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality which worketh out through us thanksgiving to God. (2 Cor. 9:9‑11)
to bind.
Num. 30:3‑4,10• 3If a woman also vow a vow unto Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
 4and 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.
 10{i}And if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,{/i} (Num. 30:3‑4,10)
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Matt. 23:16,18• 16{i}Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.{/i}
 18{i}And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.{/i} (Matt. 23:16,18)
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Matt. 23•  (Matt. 23)
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Acts 23:12,14,21• 12And when it was day the Jews, having made a combination, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
 14who therefore came to the high priests and the elders, and said, We have put ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
 21Do not thou therefore yield to them, for there lie in ambush for him more than forty men of them, who put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink, till they have slain him; and now they are ready looking for the promise from thee. (Acts 23:12,14,21)
break.
Heb. profane.
Psa. 55:20• 20He put forth his hands against those at peace with him;{HR}He profaned his covenant. (Psa. 55:20)
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Psa. 55•  (Psa. 55)
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he shall do.
Job 22:27• 27Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee,{HR}And thou shalt pay thy vows, (Job 22:27)
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Psa. 22:25• 25Of thee [is] my praise in the great congregation;{HR}I will perform my vows before those who fear him. (Psa. 22:25)
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Psa. 50:14• 14Sacrifice unto God thanksgiving{HR}And pay unto the Most High thy vows; (Psa. 50:14)
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Psa. 66:13‑14• 13I will go to thy house with burnt offerings,{HR}I will pay to thee my vows,
 14Which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke in my distress. (Psa. 66:13‑14)
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Psa. 116:14,18• 14I will pay my vows to Jehovah,{HR}Yea in the presence of all his people.
 18My vows to Jehovah I will pay,{HR}Yea before all his people, (Psa. 116:14,18)
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Eccl. 5:4‑5• 4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it;{HR}For he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
 5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow,{HR}Than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. (Eccl. 5:4‑5)
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Nah. 1:15• 15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. (Nah. 1:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If a man vow a vow to Jehovah, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; according to all that hath gone out of his mouth shall he do.

W. Kelly Translation

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If a man vow a vow unto Jehovah, 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.