Ya`akov vowed 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 put on,
Ecclesiastes 5:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised. |
Ya`akov vowed 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 put on,
God said to Ya`akov, *Arise, go up to Beit-El, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esav your brother.*
Let us arise, and go up to Beit-El. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.*
I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Elyon.
Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
The LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to the LORD, and will perform it.
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.*
*Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,* says the LORD of Armies, *neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
*Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I can't go back.