Ecclesiastes 5:4
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Ecclesiastes 5:4
| ← Ecclesiastes 5:3 | Ecclesiastes 5:4 (KJV) | Ecclesiastes 5:5 → |
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For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
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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.
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Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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Verse Text
When thou vowestH5087 a vowH5088 unto GodH430, deferH309 not to payH7999 it; for he hath no pleasureH2656 in foolsH3684: payH7999 that which thou hast vowedH5087.
כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר נֶדֶר לֵאלֹהִים אַל־תְּאַחֵר לְשַׁלְּמֹו כִּי אֵין חֵפֶץ בַּכְּסִילִים אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תִּדֹּר שַׁלֵּם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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כַּ/אֲשֶׁר֩ |
ka./'a.Sher | H834 | HR/Tr | (just)/ when |
תִּדֹּ֨ר |
ti.Dor | H5087 | HVqi2ms | you will vow |
נֶ֜דֶר |
Ne.der | H5088 | HNcmsa | a vow |
לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֗ים |
le./lo.Him | H430 | HR/Ncmpa | to/ God |
אַל |
'al- | H408 | HTn | may not |
תְּאַחֵר֙ |
te.'a.Cher | H309 | HVpj2ms | you delay |
לְ/שַׁלְּמ֔/וֹ |
le./sha.le.M/o | H7999 | HR/Vpc/Sp3ms | to/ pay/ it |
כִּ֛י |
ki | H3588 | HC | for |
אֵ֥ין |
'ein | H369 | HTn | there not |
חֵ֖פֶץ |
Che.fetz | H2656 | HNcmsa | (is) pleasure |
בַּ/כְּסִילִ֑ים |
ba./ke.si.Lim | H3684 | HRd/Aampa | in (the)/ fools |
אֵ֥ת |
'et | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
אֲשֶׁר |
'a.Sher- | H834 | HTr | (that) which |
תִּדֹּ֖ר |
ti.Dor | H5087 | HVqi2ms | you will vow |
שַׁלֵּֽם |
sha.Lem | H7999 | HVpv2ms | pay |
- H309 — אָחַר (ʼâchar, aw-khar'): a primitive root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate; continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
- H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh) H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
- H2656 — חֵפֶץ (chêphets, khay'-fets): from חָפֵץ (châphêts) H2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind); acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
- H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל (kâçal) H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
- H5087 — נָדַר (nâdar, naw-dar'): a primitive root; to promise (pos., to do or give something to God); (make a) vow.
- H5088 — נֶדֶר (neder, neh'-der): or נֵדֶר (nêder); from נָדַר (nâdar) H5087; a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised; vow(-ed).
- H7999 — שָׁלַם (shâlam, shaw-lam'): a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications); make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן (ʼayin) H370.
- H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
- H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
Verse Cross-References
- for — Psalms 147:10-11, Malachi 1:10, Hebrews 10:6
- pay — Psalms 66:13-14, Psalms 116:14, Psalms 116:16-18, Jonah 2:9
- vowest — Genesis 28:20, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 35:3, Numbers 30:2, Deuteronomy 23:21-23, Psalms 50:14, Psalms 76:11, Psalms 119:106, Isaiah 19:21, Matthew 5:33
Reciprocal references (18): Genesis 35:7, Leviticus 22:18, Leviticus 22:21, Leviticus 27:2, Deuteronomy 23:23, Judges 11:30, 1 Samuel 1:11, 2 Samuel 15:8, Job 22:27, Psalms 5:5, Psalms 22:25, Psalms 56:12, Proverbs 20:25, Jonah 1:16, Malachi 1:14, Mark 12:17, Mark 14:4, Acts 5:3
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: COVENANTS AND VOWS
- Torrey’s: FOOLS; PROCRASTINATION
- Nave’s: VOWS
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