Proverbs 20:25 - Tree of Life Version It is a trap for one to say rashly, “It is holy!” and only afterward to consider his 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. |
As a dream comes with excessive burdens so a fool’s voice with too many words.
“If anyone commits a faithless act and sins unwittingly against the holy things of Adonai, then he is to bring his trespass offering to Adonai: a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your value in silver shekels after the shekel of the Sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
“Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall carry out your oaths to Adonai.’
“When you make a vow to Adonai your God, you are not to delay to make good on it—for Adonai your God will certainly require it of you, and you would have sin on you.
Whatever comes out of your lips you are to take care to do, since you have vowed to Adonai your God a freewill offering that you have promised with your mouth.
So it will be, if their fathers or brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously for us, because we did not provide each one of them his wife in battle—nor did you give the girls to them, else you would now be guilty.’”