It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. [Prov. 20:25; Acts 5:4.] American Standard Version (1901) Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Common English Bible Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it. Catholic Public Domain Version You should not use your mouth so as to cause your flesh to sin. And you should not say, in the sight of an Angel, "There is no Providence." For God, being angry at your words, may scatter all the works of your hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands. |
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things:
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Whiles it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.