New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 5:4-8
4When you 1make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. 2Pay what you vow! 5It is 3better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6Do not let your 4speech cause 5you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a 6mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands? 7For in many dreams and in many words there is 7emptiness. Rather, 89fear God.
8If you see 10oppression of the poor and 11denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be 12shocked at the 13sight; for one 14official watches over another 15official, and there are higher 16officials over them.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Num 30:2; Ps 50:14; 76:11 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Ps 66:13, 14 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 5:5 Prov 20:25; Acts 5:4 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit mouth ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit your body ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lev 4:2, 22; Num 15:25 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Lit vanity ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or revere ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Eccl 3:14; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Eccl 4:1 ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Ezek 18:18 ↩
- 12. Ecclesiastes 5:8 1 Pet 4:12 ↩
- 13. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Lit delight ↩
- 14. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Lit high one ↩
- 15. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Lit high one ↩
- 16. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Lit ones ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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