Ecclesiastes 5:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ When you vow a vow or make a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God has no pleasure in fools (those who witlessly mock Him). Pay what you vow. [Ps. 50:14; 66:13, 14; 76:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁴ When you make a promise to God, fulfill it without delay because God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you promise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And it is much better not to make a vow, than, after a vow, not to fulfill what was promised.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.

Ecclesiastes 5:4 Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:3

then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Psalm 116:14

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances.

Psalm 22:25

From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.

Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the Lord your God and perform them; let all who are around him bring gifts to the one who is awesome,

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for one to say rashly, “It is holy,” and begin to reflect only after making a vow.

Isaiah 19:21

The Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord on that day and will serve with sacrifice and offerings, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.

Jonah 2:9

But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the Lord!”

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.

Numbers 30:2

When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Matthew 5:33

“Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.’

Hebrews 10:6

in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.”