Ecclesiastes 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 5:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:47 words

HebrewMeaning

ט֖וֹבṭwōb

is goodadjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

thatparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תִדֹּ֑רtidōr

you will vowverbH5087

מִ/שֶׁ/תִּדּ֖וֹרmišetidwōr

vowpronH5087

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תְשַׁלֵּֽםtəšalēm

you will payverbH7999

end · finish · full · give again ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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