Ecclesiastes 5:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. ”

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reality in Religion. This section deals with worship and vows. Those who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear) must go reverently and thoughtfully. Keep thy foot recalls...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Better. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24 .
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 832 DUTY OF PAYING OUR VOWS Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 , When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou hast rowed. Better is it t...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, etc. - We are under constant obligations to live to God; no vow can mak...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. ( Deuteronomy 23:21 ; Deuteronomy 23:23 .)
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Disheartening Outlook on Life 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to religious matters. H e points out the ir...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

So also a happier and more effective Method of Worship is open to Men; Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 The men of affairs are led from the vocations of the Market and the intrigues of the Divan into the Hou...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. (4) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pa...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow ,.... For a vow is an arbitrary thing; a man is not bound to make it, and while he vows not, it is in his own power, and at his option, whether he will do...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Ver. 5. Better it is that thou shouldest not vow, ] q.d., Who bade thee be so forward? Why wouldst thou bec...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Obligation of a Vow. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pa...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That thou shouldest not vow; for this was no sin, because men are free to make such vows, or not to make them, as they think fit. See Numbers 30:3 , &c.; Deuteronomy 23:22 Acts 5:4 . Bu...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 5 True Religion and Worship. The Problem of Riches. The Good Life. The Importance of True Worship ( Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 ). This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 5:6 . Before the angel] The representative of God in the Temple, i.e ., the priest. Or it may be taken literally, as expressing the early belief of mankind that ang...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:1-5 I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had formerly thought) it would so soon...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 5:1 . Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God. Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings s...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God. Reverence and fidelity This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 5:1-21 Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in popular religion? Religious exercises nee...
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proper Worship of God
Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:4 ; Deuteronomy 23:22 ; Proverbs 20:25

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge