Proverbs 20:25 - English Standard Version 2016 It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, And after vows to make enquiry. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is a snare to a man to utter a vow [of consecration] rashly and [not until] afterward inquire [whether he can fulfill it]. American Standard Version (1901) It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry. Common English Bible It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and only reflect after making the promise. Catholic Public Domain Version It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract. |
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’
You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.
“If you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag.
And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’”