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

ESV
5. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

ERVEN
5. It is better to promise nothing than to promise something and not be able to do it.

NLT
5. It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.

WEB
5. It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

NET
5. It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.

NLV
5. It is better not to make a promise, than to make a promise and not pay it.

HCSB
5. Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.

YLT
5. Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

LITV
5. It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not fulfill it.

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

NCV
5. It is better not to promise anything than to promise something and not do it.

MKJV
5. it is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

AKJV
5. Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

LXXEN
5. Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands.



KJV
5. Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

AMP
5. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. [Prov. 20:25; Acts 5:4.]

KJVP
5. Better H2896 AMS [ is ] [ it ] that H834 RPRO thou shouldest not H3808 ADV vow H5087 , than that thou shouldest vow H7945 and not H3808 W-NADV pay H7999 VPY2MS .

YLT
5. Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

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

WEB
5. It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

NASB
5. Let not your utterances make you guilty, and say not before his representative, "It was a mistake," lest God be angered by such words and destroy the works of your hands.

ESV
5. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

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

RSV
5. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

NKJV
5. Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

MKJV
5. it is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

AKJV
5. Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

NRSV
5. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfill it.

NIV
5. It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfil it.

NIRV
5. It is better to make no promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.

NLT
5. It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.

MSG
5. Far better not to vow in the first place than to vow and not pay up.

GNB
5. Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.

NET
5. It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.

ERVEN
5. It is better to promise nothing than to promise something and not be able to do it.