25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.


In Context

22 Don't say, |I will pay back evil.| Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

27 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

Proverbs 20:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:25[It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:25It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:25A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:25It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.