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


In Context

1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

3 As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words.

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

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

6 Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, "My vow was a mistake." Why should God be angry at what you say 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 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.

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.