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Ecclesiastes 5:4

World English Bible

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.

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Ecclesiastes 5:4 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 5:4 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:4 in context

  1. 2Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
  2. 3For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
  3. 4When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
  4. 5It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
  5. 6Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?