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.


In Context

1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

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

3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through 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 hast vowed.

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 it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.