Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Psa 110:4) | 1 tn Or “swears, vows.” |
| (0.87) | (Jer 44:25) | 2 tn Heb “Carry out your vows!” |
| (0.76) | (1Sa 1:21) | 2 tn The Hebrew suffix could be “his vow” or “its vow,” referring to his household’s vow. |
| (0.75) | (Pro 20:25) | 5 tn Heb “the vows” (so NASB); CEV “promises.” |
| (0.71) | (Num 6:21) | 3 tn Heb “according to the vow that he vows, so he must do.” |
| (0.65) | (Num 6:2) | 3 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct followed by the cognate accusative: “to vow a vow.” This intensifies the idea that the vow is being taken carefully. |
| (0.63) | (Psa 56:12) | 1 tn Heb “upon me, O God, [are] your vows.” |
| (0.62) | (Num 30:2) | 2 tn The Hebrew text uses a cognate accusative construction to express this: “a man if he vows a vow.” |
| (0.54) | (Jon 1:16) | 3 tn Heb “they vowed vows.” The root נדר (ndr, “vow”) is repeated in the verb and accusative noun, forming an emphatic effected accusative construction in which the verbal action produces the object specified by the accusative (see IBHS 166-67 §10.2.1f). Their act of vowing produced the vows. This construction is used to emphasize their earnestness and zeal in making vows to worship the God who had just spared their lives from certain death. |
| (0.53) | (Num 30:9) | 1 tn The Hebrew text says her vow “shall stand against her.” In other words, she must fulfill, or bear the consequences of, whatever she vowed. |
| (0.53) | (Num 30:15) | 1 sn In other words, he will pay the penalty for making her break her vows if he makes her stop what she vowed. It will not be her responsibility. |
| (0.53) | (Num 30:6) | 1 tn Heb “and her vows are upon her.” It may be that the woman gets married while her vows are still unfulfilled. |
| (0.53) | (Num 21:2) | 1 tn The Hebrew text uses a cognate accusative with the verb: “Israel vowed a vow.” The Israelites were therefore determined with God’s help to defeat Arad. |
| (0.50) | (Act 21:24) | 3 sn Having their heads shaved probably involved ending a voluntary Nazirite vow (Num 6:14-15). |
| (0.50) | (Act 21:23) | 4 tn On the term for “vow,” see BDAG 416 s.v. εὐχή 2. |
| (0.50) | (Jer 44:17) | 1 tn Heb “that went out of our mouth,” i.e., everything we said, promised, or vowed. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 138:1) | 1 sn Psalm 138. The psalmist vows to thank the Lord for his deliverance and protection. |
| (0.50) | (Psa 54:6) | 1 tn The cohortative verbal form expresses the psalmist’s resolve/vow to praise. |
| (0.50) | (1Sa 1:21) | 2 sn The only vow that has been mentioned so far is Hannah’s. This either implies an additional vow not made known to us, or implies Elkanah’s affirmation of her vow. According to Num 30:6-8 a husband could nullify his wife’s vow, or allow it to stand. |
| (0.50) | (Deu 1:34) | 1 tn Heb “and swore,” i.e., made an oath or vow. |
