Ecclesiastes 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

to cause, &c. : by vows made concerning the flesh, such as eating and drinking, marrying, &c.

angel. messenger. Compare Malachi 2:7.

error. Hebrew. shagag. App-44.

wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

voice. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the vain words uttered by it; referring to Ecclesiastes 5:1.

destroy. confiscate.

work. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulg, read "works" (plural)

Ecclesiastes 5:6

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?