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Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Ecclesiastes 5:5

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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BBE Ecclesiastes 5:5

Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.
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DARBY Ecclesiastes 5:5

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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KJV Ecclesiastes 5:5

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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WBT Ecclesiastes 5:5


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WEB Ecclesiastes 5:5

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

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Better is it that thou shouldest not vow. There is no harm in not vowing (Deuteronomy 23:22); but a vow once made becomes of the nature of an oath, and its non-performance is a sin and sacrilege, and incurs the punishment of false swearing. We gather from the Talmud that frivolous excuses for the evasion of vows were very common, and called for stern repression, One sees this in our Lord's references (Matthew 5:33-37; Matthew 23:16-22). St. Paul severely reprehends those women who break their vow of widowhood, "having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith" (1 Timothy 5:12).

Ellicott's Commentary