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Ecclesiastes 5:4–5
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. 5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. 5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 When you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. 5 It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it;
For He has no pleasure in fools.
Pay what you have vowed—
5 Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 If you make a promise to God, don’t be slow to keep it. God is not happy with fools, so give God what you promised. 5 It is better not to promise anything than to promise something and not do it.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 When you make a promise to God, don’t be slow to keep it because God doesn’t like fools. Keep your promise. 5 It is better not to make a promise than to make one and not keep it.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 When you make a vow to God, don’t delay fulfilling it, because He does not delight in fools. Fulfill what you vow. 5 Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow. 5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfill it.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 When you make a vow to God,
do not delay in fulfilling it,
for he takes no pleasure in fools.
Fulfill what you vow!
5 It is better that you not vow
than that you vow and not fulfill it.
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 When you make a promise to God, don’t wait too long to carry it out. He isn’t pleased with foolish people. So do what you have promised. 5 It is better to make no promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.
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