Ecclesiastes 5:5
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NASB ©HebrewTransliterationStrong'sDefinitionOrigin
It is betterטֹ֖ובto·vv2896apleasant, agreeable, goodfrom tob
that you should not vowתִדֹּ֑רtid·dor;5087to vowa prim. root
than  4480froma prim. preposition
that you should vowמִשֶּׁתִּדֹּ֖ורmi·shet·tid·do·vr5087to vowa prim. root
and not pay.תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃te·shal·lem.7999ato be complete or sounda prim. root
KJV Lexicon
Better
towb  (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
is it that thou shouldest not vow
nadar  (naw-dar')
to promise (pos., to do or give something to God) -- (make a) vow.
than that thou shouldest vow
nadar  (naw-dar')
to promise (pos., to do or give something to God) -- (make a) vow.
and not pay
shalam  (shaw-lam')
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
New American Standard (©1995)
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.

American King James Version
Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.

World English Bible
It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Young's Literal Translation
Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

קהלת 5:5 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
טֹ֖וב אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־תִדֹּ֑ר מִשֶּׁתִּדֹּ֖ור וְלֹ֥א תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

קהלת 5:5 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
טוב אשר לא־תדר משתדור ולא תשלם׃

קהלת 5:5 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
טוב אשר לא־תדר משתדור ולא תשלם׃

קהלת 5:5 Hebrew Bible
טוב אשר לא תדר משתדור ולא תשלם׃

Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
(5-4) multoque melius est non vovere quam post votum promissa non conplere

Better Complete Fulfill Oath Pay Shouldest Shouldst Vow

Better Complete Fulfill Oath Pay Shouldest Shouldst Vow

Better Complete Fulfill Oath Pay Shouldest Shouldst Vow

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