Ulangan 23:21

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 

Hakim-hakim 11:35

11:35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! ⁴  You have brought me disaster! ⁵  I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” ⁶ 

Mazmur 119:60

119:60 I keep your commands

eagerly and without delay. ⁷ 

[23:21]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[23:21]  ² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which is reflected in the translation by “surely.”

[23:21]  ³ tn Heb “and it will be a sin to you”; NIV, NCV, NLT “be guilty of sin.”

[11:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “you have brought me very low,” or “you have knocked me to my knees.” The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[11:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “You are among [or “like”] those who trouble me.”

[11:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “I opened my mouth to the Lord and I am not able to return.”

[119:60]  ⁷ tn Heb “I hurry and I do not delay to keep your commands.”