Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

⁵ Good that thou shalt not vow rather than thou shalt vow and not requite.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ 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)

⁵ Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Common English Bible

⁵ Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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

⁵ 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.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 20:25

The snare of man swallowing down the holy thing, after the vows for seeking.

Leviticus 5:4

Or when a soul shall swear to talk idly with his lips for evil, or for good, for all which the man shall talk idly with an oath, and it was hid from him; and he shall know, and be guilty for one from these.

Jonah 2:9

And I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise; what I vowed I will requite. Salvation is to Jehovah.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies.

Acts 5:4

Remaining, did it not remain to thee? and sold, it was in thy power: for what hast thou put this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

Deuteronomy 23:21

When thou shalt vow a vow to Jehovah thy God thou shalt not delay to complete it, for Jehovah thy God requiring, will require it from thee; and it was sin in thee.

Deuteronomy 23:22

And if thou shalt cease to vow, it shall not be sin in thee.

Judges 11:35

And it will be when he saw her, and he will tear his garments, and will say, Alas, my daughter bowing down, thou didst bow me down, and thou art in my trouble: and I opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I shall not be able to turn back.