Ecclesiastes 5:3 - Tree of Life Version When you swear a vow to God, don’t delay in fulfilling it. For He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For a dream comes with much business and painful effort, and a fool's voice with many words. American Standard Version (1901) For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words. Common English Bible Remember: Dreams come with many cares, and the voice of fools with many words. Catholic Public Domain Version If you have vowed anything to God, you should not delay to repay it. And whatever you have vowed, render it. But an unfaithful and foolish promise displeases him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. |
When words abound, transgression is unavoidable. but whoever restrains his lips is wise.
The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of fools spouts folly.
“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and say to them: When anyone makes a special vow to Adonai involving the valuation of persons,