8But 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.
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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. …
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-16)It is here taken for granted that all such persons as are sui juris—at their own disposal , and are likewise of sound understanding and memory, are bound to perform whatever they vow that is lawful and possible; but, if the person vowing be under the dominion and at the disposal of another, the case is different. Two cases much alike are here put and determined:— I. The case of a daughter in her f…
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