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Ec 5:4 Strong Concordance When thou vowest [05087] a vow [05088] unto God [0430], defer [0309] not to pay [07999] it; for he hath no pleasure [02656] in fools [03684]: pay [07999] that which thou hast vowed [05087].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
When thou vowest a vow unto God--Hasty words in prayer (Ecc 5:2-3) suggest the subject of hasty vows. A vow should not be hastily made (Jdg 11:35; Sa1 14:24). When made, it must be kept (Psa 76:11), even as God keeps His word to us (Exo 12:41, Exo 12:51; Jos 21:45).
 
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45 There failed [05307] not ought [01697] of any good [02896] thing [01697] which the LORD [03068] had spoken [01696] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478]; all came to pass [0935].
51 And it came to pass the selfsame [06106] day [03117], that the LORD [03068] did bring [03318] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] by their armies [06635].
41 And it came to pass at the end [07093] of the four [0702] hundred [03967] [08141] and thirty [07970] years [08141], even the selfsame [06106] day [03117] it came to pass, that all the hosts [06635] of the LORD [03068] went out [03318] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
11 Vow [05087], and pay [07999] unto the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: let all that be round about [05439] him bring [02986] presents [07862] unto him that ought to be feared [04172].
24 And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] were distressed [05065] that day [03117]: for Saul [07586] had adjured [0422] the people [05971], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be the man [0376] that eateth [0398] any food [03899] until evening [06153], that I may be avenged [05358] on mine enemies [0341]. So none of the people [05971] tasted [02938] any food [03899].
35 And it came to pass, when he saw [07200] her, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Alas [0162], my daughter [01323]! thou hast brought [03766] me very [03766] low [03766], and thou art one of them that trouble [05916] me: for I have opened [06475] my mouth [06310] unto the LORD [03068], and I cannot [03201] go back [07725].
2 Be not rash [0926] with thy mouth [06310], and let not thine heart [03820] be hasty [04116] to utter [03318] any thing [01697] before [06440] God [0430]: for God [0430] is in heaven [08064], and thou upon earth [0776]: therefore let thy words [01697] be few [04592].
3 For a dream [02472] cometh [0935] through the multitude [07230] of business [06045]; and a fool's [03684] voice [06963] is known by multitude [07230] of words [01697].
2 Be not rash [0926] with thy mouth [06310], and let not thine heart [03820] be hasty [04116] to utter [03318] any thing [01697] before [06440] God [0430]: for God [0430] is in heaven [08064], and thou upon earth [0776]: therefore let thy words [01697] be few [04592].
2 Be not rash [0926] with thy mouth [06310], and let not thine heart [03820] be hasty [04116] to utter [03318] any thing [01697] before [06440] God [0430]: for God [0430] is in heaven [08064], and thou upon earth [0776]: therefore let thy words [01697] be few [04592].
6 And Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] said [0559] unto all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], At even [06153], then ye shall know [03045] that the LORD [03068] hath brought you out [03318] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]:
11 Surely the serpent [05175] will bite [05391] without enchantment [03908]; and a babbler [03956] [01167] is no better [03504].
6 For from Israel [03478] was it also: the workman [02796] made [06213] it; therefore it is not God [0430]: but the calf [05695] of Samaria [08111] shall be broken in pieces [07616].
5 He fought [03898] also with the king [04428] of the Ammonites [05984], and prevailed [02388] against them. And the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] gave [05414] him the same year [08141] an hundred [03967] talents [03603] of silver [03701], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] measures [03734] of wheat [02406], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] of barley [08184]. So much did the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] pay [07725] unto [02063] him, both the second [08145] year [08141], and the third [07992].
23 Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] were lovely [0157] and pleasant [05273] in their lives [02416], and in their death [04194] they were not divided [06504]: they were swifter [07043] than eagles [05404], they were stronger [01396] than lions [0738].
7 The instruments [03627] also of the churl [03596] are evil [07451]: he deviseth [03289] wicked devices [02154] to destroy [02254] the poor [06041] [06035] with lying [08267] words [0561], even when the needy [034] speaketh [01696] right [04941].
10 I have sent [07971] among you the pestilence [01698] after the manner [01870] of Egypt [04714]: your young men [0970] have I slain [02026] with the sword [02719], and have taken away [07628] your horses [05483]; and I have made the stink [0889] of your camps [04264] to come up [05927] unto your nostrils [0639]: yet have ye not returned [07725] unto me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
12 I am forgotten [07911] as a dead man [04191] out of mind [03820]: I am like a broken [06] vessel [03627].
6 And he said [0559], It is a light thing [07043] that thou shouldest be my servant [05650] to raise up [06965] the tribes [07626] of Jacob [03290], and to restore [07725] the preserved [05341] [05336] of Israel [03478]: I will also give [05414] thee for a light [0216] to the Gentiles [01471], that thou mayest be my salvation [03444] unto the end [07097] of the earth [0776].
26 And Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], an Ephrathite [0673] of Zereda [06868], Solomon's [08010] servant [05650], whose mother's [0517] name [08034] was Zeruah [06871], a widow [0490] woman [0802], even he lifted up [07311] his hand [03027] against the king [04428].
22 And king [04428] Solomon [08010] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto his mother [0517], And why dost thou ask [07592] Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] for Adonijah [0138]? ask [07592] for him the kingdom [04410] also; for he is mine elder [01419] brother [0251]; even for him, and for Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], and for Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870].
25 And it came to pass, when he was come [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] to meet [07125] the king [04428], that the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Wherefore wentest [01980] not thou with me, Mephibosheth [04648]?
43 David [01732] also took [03947] Ahinoam [0293] of Jezreel [03157]; and they were also both [08147] of them his wives [0802].
19 Who answered [0559], Give [05414] me a blessing [01293]; for thou hast given [05414] me a south [05045] land [0776]; give [05414] me also springs [01543] of water [04325]. And he gave [05414] her the upper [05942] springs [01543], and the nether [08482] springs [01543].
8 Also in Horeb [02722] ye provoked [07107] the LORD [03068] to wrath [07107], so that the LORD [03068] was angry [0599] with you to have destroyed [08045] you.
32 Yet in this thing [01697] ye did not believe [0539] the LORD [03068] your God [0430],
8 And thou shalt bring [07126] his sons [01121], and put [03847] coats [03801] upon them.
20 And as for Ishmael [03458], I have heard thee [08085]: Behold, I have blessed [01288] him, and will make him fruitful [06509], and will multiply [07235] him exceedingly [03966] [03966]; twelve [06240] [08147] princes [05387] shall he beget [03205], and I will make him [05414] a great [01419] nation [01471].
11 As yet I am as strong [02389] this day [03117] as I was in the day [03117] that Moses [04872] sent [07971] me: as my strength [03581] was then, even so is my strength [03581] now, for war [04421], both to go out [03318], and to come in [0935].
14 And if a stranger [01616] shall sojourn [01481] among you, and will keep [06213] the passover [06453] unto the LORD [03068]; according to the ordinance [02708] of the passover [06453], and according to the manner [04941] thereof, so shall he do [06213]: ye shall have one [0259] ordinance [02708], both for the stranger [01616], and for him that was born [0249] in the land [0776].
6 Suffer [05414] not thy mouth [06310] to cause thy flesh [01320] to sin [02398]; neither say [0559] thou before [06440] the angel [04397], that it was an error [07684]: wherefore should God [0430] be angry [07107] at thy voice [06963], and destroy [02254] the work [04639] of thine hands [03027]?
5 Why should ye be stricken [05221] any more? ye will revolt [05627] more and more [03254]: the whole head [07218] is sick [02483], and the whole heart [03824] faint [01742].
7 Therefore now thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Wherefore commit [06213] ye this great [01419] evil [07451] against your souls [05315], to cut off [03772] from you man [0376] and woman [0802], child [05768] and suckling [03243], out [08432] of Judah [03063], to leave [03498] you none to remain [07611];
16 Be not righteous [06662] over much [07235]; neither make thyself over [03148] wise [02449]: why shouldest thou destroy [08074] thyself?
23 Whatsoever [03606] is commanded by [02941] [04481] the God [0426] of heaven [08065], let it be diligently [0149] done [05648] for the house [01005] of the God [0426] of heaven [08065]: for [01768] why [04101] should there be [01934] wrath [07109] against [05922] the realm [04437] of the king [04430] and his sons [01123]?
22 Take heed [01934] [02095] now that ye fail [07960] not to do [05922] [05648] this [01836]: why [04101] should damage [02257] grow [07680] to the hurt [05142] of the kings [04430]?
17 And let the beauty [05278] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430] be upon us: and establish [03559] thou the work [04639] of our hands [03027] upon us; yea, the work [04639] of our hands [03027] establish [03559] thou it.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that his burden [05448] shall be taken away [05493] from off thy shoulder [07926], and his yoke [05923] from off thy neck [06677], and the yoke [05923] shall be destroyed [02254] because [06440] of the anointing [08081].
25 And the priest [03548] shall make an atonement [03722] for all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and it shall be forgiven [05545] them; for it is ignorance [07684]: and they shall bring [0935] their offering [07133], a sacrifice made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068], and their sin offering [02403] before [06440] the LORD [03068], for their ignorance [07684]:
22 And if ye have erred [07686], and not observed [06213] all these commandments [04687], which the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] unto Moses [04872],
23 Even all that the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680] you by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872], from the day [03117] that the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses, and henceforward [01973] among your generations [01755];
24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed [06213] by ignorance [07684] without the knowledge [05869] of the congregation [05712], that all the congregation [05712] shall offer [06213] one [0259] young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499] for a burnt offering [05930], for a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068], with his meat offering [04503], and his drink offering [05262], according to the manner [04941], and one [0259] kid [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403].
25 And the priest [03548] shall make an atonement [03722] for all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and it shall be forgiven [05545] them; for it is ignorance [07684]: and they shall bring [0935] their offering [07133], a sacrifice made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068], and their sin offering [02403] before [06440] the LORD [03068], for their ignorance [07684]:
26 And it shall be forgiven [05545] all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] them; seeing all the people [05971] were in ignorance [07684].
2 And they stood [05975] before [06440] Moses [04872], and before [06440] Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], and before [06440] the princes [05387] and all the congregation [05712], by the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], saying [0559],
6 And there were certain men [0582], who were defiled [02931] by the dead body [05315] of a man [0120], that they could [03201] not keep [06213] the passover [06453] on that day [03117]: and they came [07126] before [06440] Moses [04872] and before [06440] Aaron [0175] on that day [03117]:
11 And if it be any unclean [02931] beast [0929], of which they do not offer [07126] a sacrifice [07133] unto the LORD [03068], then he shall present [05975] the beast [0929] before [06440] the priest [03548]:
8 But if he be poorer [04134] than thy estimation [06187], then he shall present [05975] himself before [06440] the priest [03548], and the priest [03548] shall value [06186] him; according to [06310] his ability [03027] [05381] that vowed [05087] shall the priest [03548] value [06186] him.
1 A Psalm of David [01732]. I will praise [03034] thee with my whole heart [03820]: before the gods [0430] will I sing praise [02167] unto thee.
21 That make a man [0120] an offender [02398] for a word [01697], and lay a snare [06983] for him that reproveth [03198] in the gate [08179], and turn aside [05186] the just [06662] for a thing of nought [08414].
4 Her former [07223] husband [01167], which sent her away [07971], may [03201] not take [03947] her again [07725] to be his wife [0802], after [0310] that she is defiled [02930]; for that is abomination [08441] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and thou shalt not cause the land [0776] to sin [02398], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee for an inheritance [05159].
30 A sound [04832] heart [03820] is the life [02416] of the flesh [01320]: but envy [07068] the rottenness [07538] of the bones [06106].
10 Therefore remove [05493] sorrow [03708] from thy heart [03820], and put away [05674] evil [07451] from thy flesh [01320]: for childhood [03208] and youth [07839] are vanity [01892].
3 I sought [08446] in mine heart [03820] to give [04900] myself [01320] unto wine [03196], yet acquainting [05090] mine heart [03820] with wisdom [02451]; and to lay hold [0270] on folly [05531], till I might see [07200] what was that good [02896] for the sons [01121] of men [0120], which they should do [06213] under the heaven [08064] all [04557] the days [03117] of their life [02416].
24 Leave [863] there [1563] thy [4675] gift [1435] before [1715] the altar [2379], and [2532] go thy way [5217]; first [4412] be reconciled [1259] to thy [4675] brother [80], and [2532] then [5119] come [2064] and offer [4374] thy [4675] gift [1435].
3 For [1063] what the law [3551] could not do [102], in [1722] that [3739] it was weak [770] through [1223] the flesh [4561], God [2316] sending [3992] his own [1438] Son [5207] in [1722] the likeness [3667] of sinful [266] flesh [4561], and [2532] for [4012] sin [266], condemned [2632] sin [266] in [1722] the flesh [4561]:
11 Because Ephraim [0669] hath made many [07235] altars [04196] to sin [02398], altars [04196] shall be unto him to sin [02398].
9 There is none greater [01419] in this house [01004] than I; neither [03808] hath he kept back [02820] any thing [03972] from me but thee, because [0834] thou [0859] art his wife [0802]: how then can I do [06213] this great [01419] wickedness [07451], and sin [02398] against God [0430]?
30 Neither have I suffered [05414] my mouth [02441] to sin [02398] by wishing [07592] a curse [0423] to his soul [05315].
34 And the Amorites [0567] forced [03905] the children [01121] of Dan [01835] into the mountain [02022]: for they would not suffer [05414] them to come down [03381] to the valley [06010]:
6 And God [0430] said [0559] unto him in a dream [02472], Yea [01571], I know [03045] that thou didst [06213] this in the integrity [08537] of thy heart [03824]; for I also withheld [02820] thee from sinning [02398] against me: therefore suffered [05414] I thee not to touch [05060] her.
2 Be not rash [0926] with thy mouth [06310], and let not thine heart [03820] be hasty [04116] to utter [03318] any thing [01697] before [06440] God [0430]: for God [0430] is in heaven [08064], and thou upon earth [0776]: therefore let thy words [01697] be few [04592].
3 For a dream [02472] cometh [0935] through the multitude [07230] of business [06045]; and a fool's [03684] voice [06963] is known by multitude [07230] of words [01697].
4 When thou vowest [05087] a vow [05088] unto God [0430], defer [0309] not to pay [07999] it; for he hath no pleasure [02656] in fools [03684]: pay [07999] that which thou hast vowed [05087].
3 If a woman [0802] also vow [05087] a vow [05088] unto the LORD [03068], and bind [0631] herself by a bond [0632], being in her father's [01] house [01004] in her youth [05271];
22 But if thou shalt forbear [02308] to vow [05087], it shall be no sin [02399] in thee.
22 But if thou shalt forbear [02308] to vow [05087], it shall be no sin [02399] in thee.
23 That which is gone out [04161] of thy lips [08193] thou shalt keep [08104] and perform [06213]; even a freewill offering [05071], according as thou hast vowed [05087] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which thou hast promised [01696] with thy mouth [06310].
24 When thou comest [0935] into thy neighbour's [07453] vineyard [03754], then thou mayest eat [0398] grapes [06025] thy fill [07648] at thine own pleasure [05315]; but thou shalt not put [05414] any in thy vessel [03627].
3 What profit [03504] hath a man [0120] of all his labour [05999] which he taketh [05998] under the sun [08121]?