5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.


In Context

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

3 For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

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

5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

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

7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:5It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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