Verse 4

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to pay it, for He has no pleasure in fools; pay what you have vowed.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er bedre at du ikke lover enn å love og ikke oppfylle det.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Når du gir et løfte til Gud, utsett ikke å oppfylle det, for Gud har ingen glede i dårer. Oppfyll det du lover.

• Norsk King James

  Når du gir løfte til Gud, så utsett ikke å oppfylle det; for han gleder seg ikke over dårer: betal det du har lovet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er bedre å ikke gi noe løfte enn å gi et løfte og ikke oppfylle det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er bedre å ikke love noe enn å love og ikke oppfylle.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når du gir et løfte til Gud, ikke nøl med å innfri det, for han har ikke glede i dårer. Innfri det du har lovet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Når du avgir et løfte til Gud, utsett ikke å innfri det; for Gud fryder seg ikke over tåper. Innfri det løftet du har avlagt.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Når du gir et løfte til Gud, ikke nøl med å innfri det, for han har ikke glede i dårer. Innfri det du har lovet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det er bedre at du ikke gir et løfte enn at du gir et løfte og ikke oppfyller det.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det er bedre at du ikke lover, enn at du lover og ikke oppfyller.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er bedre, at du Intet lover, end at du lover og betaler det ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Når du avlegger et løfte til Gud, utsett ikke med å innfri det; for han har ingen glede i dårer: hold det du har lovet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Når du gir et løfte til Gud, utsett ikke å oppfylle det; for han har ingen glede i dårer. Oppfyll det du har lovet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når du gir et løfte til Gud, nøl ikke med å fullføre det, for dårer gir Gud ingen glede. Fullfør det du lover.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når du gir et løfte til Gud, ikke unnlat å holde det; for han har ikke glede i dårer: hold det du har lovet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det er bedre å ikke gi et løfte enn å gi et løfte og ikke holde det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for foolish vowes, he hath no pleasure in them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (5:3) When thou hast vowed a vowe to God, deferre not to pay it: for he deliteth not in fooles: pay therefore that thou hast vowed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it: As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them: yf thou promise any thyng, pay it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will go into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble.
• Ps 76:11 : 11 Vow and pay to the LORD your God; let all around Him bring presents to Him who is to be feared.
• Num 30:2 : 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
• Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High:
• Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:'
• Heb 10:6 : 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure.
• Deut 23:21-23 : 21 When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. 22 But if you refrain from vowing, it shall not be sin in you. 23 That which has gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the LORD your God, which you have promised with your mouth.
• Gen 28:20 : 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 clothes to wear,
• Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.
• Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
• Ps 116:14 : 14 I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people.
• Ps 116:16-18 : 16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people,
• Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
• Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
• Isa 19:21 : 21 The LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day and shall offer sacrifice and gifts; yes, they shall vow a vow to the LORD and perform it.
• Jonah 2:9 : 9 But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.