Loading…

Ecclesiastes 5:5

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Read more Explain verse



Ecclesiastes 5:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

It is better not to promise anything than to promise something and not do it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

It is better not to make a promise than to make one and not keep it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfill it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

It is better that you not vow

than that you vow and not fulfill it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

It is better to make no promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


A service of Logos Bible Software