Ecclesiastes 5:5

NETBible	It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.¹
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 5:5	It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfil it.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 5:5	It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 5:5	It is better to say nothing than to promise something that you don’t follow through on.
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 5:5	Far better not to vow in the first place than to vow and not pay up.
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 5:5	It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 5:5	It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfill it.
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 5:5	Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
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KJV	Better <02896> [is it] that thou shouldest not vow <05087> (8799)_, than that thou shouldest vow <05087> (8799) and not pay <07999> (8762)_.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 5:5	It is better <02896> that you should not vow <05087> than <04480> that you should vow <05087> and not pay <07999> .
LXXM	(5:4) agayon <18> A-NSN to <3588> T-NSN mh <3165> ADV euxasyai <2172> V-AMN se <4771> P-AS h <2228> CONJ to <3588> T-ASN euxasyai <2172> V-AMN se <4771> P-AS kai <2532> CONJ mh <3165> ADV apodounai <591> V-AAN
NET [draft] ITL	It is better <02896> for you not <03808> to vow <05087> than to vow <05087> and not <03808> pay <07999> it.
HEBREW	Mlst <07999> alw <03808> rwdtsm <05087> rdt <05087> al <03808> rsa <0834> bwj <02896> (5:5) <5:4>


NETBible	It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.¹
NET Notes	¹tn The word “it” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.