Ecclesiastes 5
NASB1995
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 5:4-7

4WhenH3512 you 1makeH5087 a vowH5088 to GodH430, do not be lateH309 in payingH7999 it; for He takes noH369 delightH2656 in foolsH3684. 2PayH7999 whatH834 you vowH5087! 5It is 3betterH2896 that you should not vowH5087 thanH4480 that you should vowH5087 and not payH7999. 6Do not letH5414 your 4speechH6310 cause 5you to sinH2398 and do not sayH559 in the presenceH6440 of the messengerH4397 of God that it was a 6mistakeH7684. WhyH4100 should GodH430 be angryH7107 on accountH5921 of your voiceH6963 and destroyH2254 the workH4639 of your handsH3027? 7For in manyH7230 dreamsH2472 and in manyH7235 wordsH1697 there is 7emptinessH1892. RatherH3588, 89fearH3372 GodH430.

Read all of Ecclesiastes 5

Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Num 30:2; Ps 50:14; 76:11 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Ps 66:13, 14 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 5:5 Prov 20:25; Acts 5:4 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit mouth ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit your body ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lev 4:2, 22; Num 15:25 ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Lit vanity ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or revere ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Eccl 3:14; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5

New American Standard Bible 1995 — © 1960–1995 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.