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Ecclesiastes 5:4

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4fWhen you make a vow to God, do not delay to gpay it;

For He has no pleasure in fools.

Pay what you have vowed—

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Cross references

  1. fNum. 30:2; Deut. 23:21–23; Ps. 50:14; 76:11
  2. gPs. 66:13, 14

In other versions

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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