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.


In Context

1 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

2 Don'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.

3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

4 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.

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

6 Don'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?

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 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.