It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly and later to reconsider his vows.
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfil it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly and later to reconsider his vows.
Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil #– #concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath #– #without being aware of it, but later recognises it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.
but as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfil what I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the Lord.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.
Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God.’
‘If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to keep it, because he will require it of you, and it will be counted against you as sin.
But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be counted against you as sin.
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, ‘No! Not my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take it back.’