Ecclesiastes 5:4 Parallel Translations

When you make a promise to God, don't be slow to keep it because God doesn't like fools. Keep your promise.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

ASV:

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

BBE:

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

DBY:

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

ERV:

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

JPS:

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou vowest.

WBS:

When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

WEB:

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

YLT:

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete.

Ecclesiastes 5:4 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 30:2 "If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Psalm 50:14 "Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;

Psalm 66:13 I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows,

Psalm 66:14 Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was in distress.

Psalm 76:11 Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:4 When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast {c} vowed.
(c) He speaks of vows which are approved by God's word and serve to his glory.

WES:

5:4 In fools - In perfidious persons, who, when they are in distress, make liberal vows, and when the danger is past, break them.

MHC:

5:4-8 When a person made engagements rashly, he suffered his mouth to cause his flesh to sin. The case supposes a man coming to the priest, and pretending that his vow was made rashly, and that it would be wrong to fulfil it. Such mockery of God would bring the Divine displeasure, which might blast what was thus unduly kept. We are to keep down the fear of man. Set God before thee; then, if thou seest the oppression of the poor, thou wilt not find fault with Divine Providence; nor think the worse of the institution of magistracy, when thou seest the ends of it thus perverted; nor of religion, when thou seest it will not secure men from suffering wrong. But though oppressors may be secure, God will reckon for all.

CONC:

Complete Defer Delay Delight Effect Foolish Fools Fulfill Fulfilling Hast Late Oath Pay Paying Pleasure Quickly Takes Vow Vowed Vowest

Complete Defer Delay Delight Effect Foolish Fools Fulfill Fulfilling Late Oath Pay Paying Pleasure Quickly Vow Vowed Vowest

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