23:21 When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he 1 will surely 2 hold you accountable as a sinner. 3 23:22 If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.
1 tnHeb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
2 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which is reflected in the translation by “surely.”
3 tnHeb “and it will be a sin to you”; NIV, NCV, NLT “be guilty of sin.”