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

Bible Comments

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. But having vowed we cannot forbear payment of them without sin.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

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