Ecclesiastes 5:4
When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest — complete.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- אָחַרʼâcharto loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
- נָדַרnâdarto promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
- חֵפֶץchêphetspleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a
- נֶדֶרnedera promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- כְּסִילkᵉçîylproperly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
- שָׁלַםshâlamto be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; b
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 30:2, Deu 23:21–23, Psa 76:11, Mat 5:33, Psa 66:13–14, Psa 50:14, Psa 119:106, Mal 1:10