Ecclesiastes
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:4
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:4 Context
1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
"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." Ecclesiastes 5:4 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Ecclesiastes 5:4
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.
Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 5:4
Bible Commentary for Ecclesiastes 5:4
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 5:4
5:4 In fools - In perfidious persons, who, when they are in distress, make liberal vows, and when the danger is past, break them.
When thou vowest a vow vnto God, deferre not to pay it: for he hath no pleasure in fooles; pay that which thou hast vowed.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for {He takes} no delight in fools. Pay what you vow!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
- English Revised Version
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.
- World English Bible