Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2896 [e] ט֖וֹב ṭō-wḇ Better Adj-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֣ר ’ă-šer that Pro-r 3808 [e] לֹֽא־ lō- not Adv-NegPrt 5087 [e] תִדֹּ֑ר ṯid-dōr you did vow V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 5087 [e] מִשֶׁתִּדּ֖וֹר miš-šet-tid-dō-wr than that you vow Prep-m, Pro-r | V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 3808 [e] וְלֹ֥א wə-lō and not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 7999 [e] תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ ṯə-šal-lêm fulfill [it] V-Piel-Imperf-2ms

Berean Study Bible
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

Young's Literal Translation
Better that thou do not vow, than{.htm" title="{"> that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.

New American Standard Bible
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

King James Bible
Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Ecclesiastes 5:5 • Ecclesiastes 5:5 NIV • Ecclesiastes 5:5 NLT • Ecclesiastes 5:5 ESV • Ecclesiastes 5:5 NASB • Ecclesiastes 5:5 KJV • Ecclesiastes 5:5 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 5:5 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 5:5 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 5:5 German Bible

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