Ecclesiastes 5:4

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

Bible in Basic English ☆

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

It is better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

It is better that thou shouldest not vowe, then that thou shouldest vow and not pay it.

Noyes Bible ☆

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou hast vowed.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

(5:3) When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

(5-3) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou vowest.

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

Webster Bible ☆

When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Revised Version ☆

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

It is better that thou shouldest not vow, Than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

World English Bible ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

World English Bible Classic ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

World English Bible Updated ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

World Messianic Bible ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest — complete.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Better it is that thou shouldest not make a neder, than that thou shouldest vow and not fulfill the neder.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

إِذَا نَذَرْتَ نَذْرًا لِلهِ فَلَا تَتَأَخَّرْ عَنِ ٱلْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُسَرُّ بِٱلْجُهَّالِ. فَأَوْفِ بِمَا نَذَرْتَهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဘုရားသခင့်ထံတော်၌ သစ္စာဂတိပြုမိလျှင်၊ သစ္စာဝတ်ကို မဖြေဘဲမနေနှင့်။ မိုက်သောသူတို့ကို အားရ နှစ်သက်တော်မမူ။သစ္စာဂတိပြုသည်အတိုင်း ဝတ်ကို ဖြေလော့။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဘုရား သခင့်ထံ တော်၌ သစ္စာဂတိ ပြု မိလျှင် ၊ သစ္စာဝတ်ကို မ ဖြေ ဘဲမနေနှင့်။ မိုက် သောသူတို့ကို အားရနှစ်သက် တော်မ မူ။ သစ္စာဂတိ ပြုသည်အတိုင်း ဝတ် ကို ဖြေလော့။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Sithaw khae lokkamhaih sak naah, akoepsak ai ah om hmah; anih loe kamthunawk nuiah anghoe ai; lokkamhaih to koepsak ah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Pathen taengah olcaeng na caeng vaengah na thuung ham uelh boeh. Na caeng bangla a thuung te aka ang kah kongaih moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Pathen taengah olcaeng na caeng vaengah na thuung ham uelh boeh. Na caeng bangla a thuung te aka ang kah kongaih moenih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

你向 神许愿，偿还不可迟延，因他不喜悦愚昧人，所以你许的愿应当偿还。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

你向上帝許願，償還不可遲延，因他不喜悅愚昧人，所以你許的願應當償還。

World Chinese Bible ☆

你向上帝许愿，偿还不可迟延；因为祂不喜悦愚昧人。你所许的愿，要偿还。

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolje je ne zavjetovati, nego zavjetovati a ne izvršiti zavjeta.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Když bys učinil slib Bohu, neprodlévej ho splniti, nebo nemá líbosti v blázních. Cožkoli slíbíš, splň.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Det er bedre, at du ikke lover, end at du lover uden at holde.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

(5:3) Wanneer gij een gelofte aan God zult beloofd hebben, stel niet uit dezelve te betalen; want Hij heeft geen lust aan zotten; wat gij zult beloofd hebben, betaal het.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Wanneer gij aan God iets belooft, Stel dan de vervulling niet uit; Want lichtzinnigen behagen Hem niet. Volbreng dus wat gij belooft;

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kiam vi faros promeson al Dio, ne prokrastu ĝin plenumi; ĉar malagrablaj al Li estas malsaĝuloj: kion vi promesis, tion plenumu.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mieux vaut que tu ne fasses point de vœu, que d’en faire un et de ne pas l’accomplir.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Quand tu auras fait un vœu à Dieu, ne diffère point de l'accomplir; car il ne prend point plaisir aux insensés. Accomplis donc le vœu que tu as fait.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Mieux vaut pour toi ne point faire de vœu, que d’en faire un et de ne pas l’accomplir.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Lorsque tu fais un vœu à Dieu, ne tarde pas à l'accomplir ; car il ne prend aucun plaisir aux insensés. Accomplis le vœu que tu as fait.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wenn du Gott ein Gelübde tust, so säume nicht, es zu bezahlen; denn er hat kein Gefallen an den Toren. Was du gelobst, bezahle.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wenn du Gott ein Gelübde tust, so verzieh nicht, es zu halten; denn er hat kein Gefallen an den Narren. Was du gelobst, das halte.

German Textbibel ☆

Besser, du gelobst nicht, als daß du gelobst und nicht erfüllst.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

(05-3) Wenn du Gott ein Gelübde tust, so versäume nicht, es zu bezahlen; denn er hat kein Wohlgefallen an den Toren; darum halte deine Gelübde!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀγαθὸν τὸ μὴ εὔξασθαί σε ἢ τὸ εὔξασθαί σε καὶ μὴ ἀποδοῦναι.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀγαθὸν τὸ μὴ εὔξασθαί σε, ἢ τὸ εὔξασθαί σε καὶ μὴ ἀποδοῦναι.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè ou fè yon pwomès bay Bondye, pa mize fè sa ou pwomèt fè a. Bondye pa nan jwèt ak moun ki san konprann. Sa ou pwomèt fè a, fè l'.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ina e olelo oe e hoohiki i ke Akua, mai hoohakalia oe i ka hooko aku, no ka mea, aole oluolu ke Akua, i ka poe naaupo; e hooko aku oe i kau mea e hoohiki ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

טֹ֖וב אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־תִדֹּ֑ר מִשֶּׁתִּדֹּ֖ור וְלֹ֥א תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כאשר תדר נדר לאלהים אל תאחר לשלמו כי אין חפץ בכסילים את אשר תדר שלם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Quando avrai votato a Dio alcun voto, non indugiare di adempierlo ; perciocchè gli stolti non gli son punto grati; adempi ciò che avrai votato.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Quand’hai fatto un voto a Dio, non indugiare ad adempierlo; poich’egli non si compiace degli stolti; adempi il voto che hai fatto.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

神に誓願を立てるときは、それを果たすのを遅らせてはならない。神は愚かな者を喜ばれない。誓ったことを果たせ。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

네가 하나님께 서원하였거든 갚기를 더디게 말라 하나님은 우매자를 기뻐하지 아니하시나니 서원한 것을 갚으라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ke kom oru sie wulela nu sin God, aksaye in akfalye. El tia insewowo sin mwet lalfon uh. Oru ma kom wulela kac.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

multoque melius est non vovere, quam post votum promissa non reddere.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

چون برای خدا نذر نمایی دروفای آن تاخیر منما زیرا که او از احمقان خشنودنیست؛ پس به آنچه نذر کردی وفا نما.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Quando você fizer um voto a Deus, não demore a cumpri-lo; pois ele não tem prazer nos tolos. Cumpra o que você votou.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Quando fizeres algum voto a Deus, não demores em pagá-lo; porque ele não se agrada de tolos. Paga o voto que fizeres.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Când faci o promisiune lui Dumnezeu, nu întârzia să o împlinești, fiindcă el nu are plăcere în proști; împlinește ce ai promis.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дакэ ай фэкут о журуинцэ луй Думнезеу, ну зэбови с-о ымплинешть, кэч Луй ну-Й плак чей фэрэ минте; де ачея ымплинеште журуинца пе каре ай фэкут-о.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Лучше тебе не обещать, нежели обещать и не исполнить.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Kad učiniš zavet Bogu, ne oklevaj ispuniti ga, jer Mu nisu mili bezumnici; šta god zavetuješ, ispuni.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кад учиниш завет Богу, не оклевај испунити га, јер Му нису мили безумници; шта год заветујеш, испуни.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ciru, ah’omuntu ankahâna omuhigo arhakole, ankaleka bwaguhâna kwo kukulu.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Cuando á Dios hicieres promesa, no tardes en pagarla; porque no se agrada de los insensatos. Paga lo que prometieres.

Spanish BLL ☆

Cuando le hagas una promesa a Dios, no tardes en cumplirla, porque a él no le agradan los necios. ¡Cumple lo que prometes!

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Cuando a Dios hicieres promesa, no tardes en cumplirla; porque él no se complace en los insensatos. Cumple lo que prometes.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Cuando hagas un juramento ante Dios, cúmplelo rápidamente, porque Él no tiene placer en los necios; cumple el juramento que has tomado.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Cuando hagas un voto a ʼElohim no tardes en cumplirlo, porque Él no se complace en los necios. Cumple lo que prometes.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOka ke ka fuakava ki he ʻOtua, ʻoua naʻa ke fakatuai hoʻo fai ki ai; he ʻoku ʻikai te ne leleiʻia ʻi he vale; fai koe ki he meʻa kuo ke fuakava ki ai.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Лучше не обітувати, нїж, обітувавши, не спевнити.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Лучше не обітувати, нїж, обітувавши, не спевнити.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Khi ngươi khấn hứa sự gì với Đức Chúa Trời, chớ chậm mà hoàn nguyện; vì Ngài chẳng vui thích kẻ dại: vậy, khá trả điều gì ngươi hứa.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֖וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־תִדֹּ֑ר מִשֶׁתִּדּ֖וֹר וְלֹ֥א תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃