Ecclesiastes 5:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.
American King James Version (AKJV)
When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.
American Standard Version (ASV)
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.
Webster's Revision
When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
World English Bible
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
Definitions for Ecclesiastes 5:4
Clarke's Ecclesiastes 5:4 Bible Commentary
When thou vowest a vow - When in distress and difficulty, men are apt to promise much to God if he will relieve them; but generally forget the vow when the distress or trouble is gone by.
Wesley's Ecclesiastes 5:4 Bible Commentary
5:4 In fools - In perfidious persons, who, when they are in distress, make liberal vows, and when the danger is past, break them.
