4When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.


In Context

1 Keep your foot when you go 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.

2 Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you on earth: therefore let your words be few.

3 For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

4 When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.

5 Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

6 Suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest — complete.