Ecclesiastes 5:4 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Of vows, and oppressionWhen a person made engagements rashly, he suffered his mouth to cause his flesh to sin. The case supposes a man coming to the priest, and pretending that his...

Thompson Chains

Vows MadeSee the chain from Genesis 28:20 · 7 links
Vows SacredLink 6 of 7 · next Matthew 5:33

Cross References

Numbers 30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Psalms 66:13–14 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, …
Psalms 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
Psalms 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Matthew 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Genesis 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Deuteronomy 23:21–23 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. …
Psalms 116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms 116:16–18 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. …
Psalms 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 147:10–11 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. …
Isaiah 19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
Malachi 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Hebrews 10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

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Instruction From the study of human nature
Life Vanity of
Philosophy The nature of things
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Bible Dictionary

God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

When thou vowest כַּאֲשֶׁר kaʾăšer Relative · with preposition תִּדֹּר tiddōr נָדַר Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
a vow נֶדֶר neder נֶדֶר Noun · masculine singular
unto God לֵאלֹהִים lēʾlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural · with preposition
defer תְּאַחֵר tĕʾaḥēr אָחַר Verb · piel jussive, second person masculine singular
not to pay אַל ʾal Negative לְשַׁלְּמוֹ lĕšallĕmô שָׁלַם Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
it; for he hath no pleasure כִּי kî Conjunction אֵין ʾên Negative חֵפֶץ ḥēpeṣ חֵפֶץ Noun · masculine singular
in fools בַּכְּסִילִים bakkĕsîlîm כְּסִיל Adjective · masculine plural · with preposition with the
pay שַׁלֵּם šallēm שָׁלַם Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine singular
that which thou hast vowed אֵת ʾēt Object marker אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative תִּדֹּר tiddōr נָדַר Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular

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