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.

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

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?

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When you make a vow to God,
    do not delay in fulfilling it,
for he takes no pleasure[a] in fools.
    Fulfill what you vow!
It is better that you not vow
    than that you vow and not fulfill it.
Do not let your mouth lead your flesh into sin,
    and do not tell the messenger that it was a mistake.
Why anger God at your words,
    so that he destroys the work of your hands?

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Notas al pie

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Literally “there is no desire”