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Ecclesiastes 5:4

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4When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.r He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.s

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  1. rSee Dt 23:21; See Jdg 11:35; Ps 119:60
  2. sSee Nu 30:2; Ps 66:13–14

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When you make a vow to God, don’t delay fulfilling it, because he does not delight in fools. Fulfill what you vow.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When you make a vow to God,

do not delay in fulfilling it,

for he takes no pleasure in fools.

Fulfill what you vow!

KJV 1900King James Version

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.