New American Standard Bible 2020
Ecclesiastes 5:2-6
21Do not be 2quick with your mouth or 3impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your 4words be few. 3For the dream comes through much 5effort, and the voice of a 6fool through many words.
4When you 7make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. 8Pay what you vow! 5It is 9better that you not vow, than vow and not pay. 6Do not let your 10speech cause 11you to sin, and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a 12mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Heb ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Prov 20:25 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Lit hurry your heart ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Prov 10:19; Matt 6:7 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 5:3 Lit task ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 5:3 Job 11:2; Prov 15:2; Eccl 10:14 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Num 30:2; Ps 50:14; 76:11 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Ps 66:13, 14 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 5:5 Prov 20:25; Acts 5:4 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit mouth ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit your body ↩
- 12. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lev 4:2, 22; Num 15:25 ↩
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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