Ecclesiastes 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

vowest. vow. makest. solemn vow. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6).

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

pleasure. See note on "purpose", Ecclesiastes 3:1, and App-76.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.