Ecclesiastes 5:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

Young's Literal Translation
When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest—complete.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
When
כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you make
תִּדֹּ֨ר (tid·dōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5087: To promise

a vow
נֶ֜דֶר (ne·ḏer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5088: A promise, a thing promised

to God,
לֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

delay
תְּאַחֵר֙ (tə·’a·ḥêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 309: To loiter, to procrastinate

in fulfilling it,
לְשַׁלְּמ֔וֹ (lə·šal·lə·mōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He takes no
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

pleasure
חֵ֖פֶץ (ḥê·p̄eṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2656: Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter

in fools.
בַּכְּסִילִ֑ים (bak·kə·sî·lîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

Fulfill
שַׁלֵּֽם׃ (šal·lêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

your vow.
תִּדֹּ֖ר (tid·dōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5087: To promise

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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