Ecclesiastes 5:5

 

“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
King James Version (KJV)


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Other Translations of Ecclesiastes 5:5

Better is it that thou shouldest not vowe, then that thou shouldest vowe and not pay.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Ecclesiastes chapter 5

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
- American Standard Version (1901)

It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.
- Basic English Bible

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
- Darby Bible

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.
- Douay Rheims Bible

Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.
- Webster's Bible

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
- World English Bible

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.
- Youngs Literal Bible

(5:4) Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible


 


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