InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Ecc C1 C2 C3 C4 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 5 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV (ECC 5:3) [fn] Just_as you_will_vow a_vow to_god do_not delay to_pay_it if/because there_is_not pleasure in_fools DOM that_which you_will_vow pay.
5:3 Note: KJB: Eccl.5.4
OET (OET-RV) When you promise something to God,
⇔ don’t put off doing what you promised
⇔ because no one likes fools.
⇔ Whatever you promise, do it!
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ תִּדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר לֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים אַל תְּאַחֵר֙ לְשַׁלְּמ֔וֹ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין חֵ֖פֶץ בַּכְּסִילִ֑ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּ֖ר שַׁלֵּֽם
just=as vow (a)_vow to,God not delay to,pay,it that/for/because/then/when not pleasure in,fools DOM which/who vow fulfill
The word translated as for indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it, because there is no delight in the fools. That which you vow, fulfill]
Note 2 topic: writing-poetry
תִּדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר
vow (a)_vow
Solomon is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of saying this.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
אֵ֥ין חֵ֖פֶץ בַּכְּסִילִ֑ים
not pleasure in,fools
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of delight, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [God does not take pleasure in the fools]
OET-LV (ECC 5:3) [fn] Just_as you_will_vow a_vow to_god do_not delay to_pay_it if/because there_is_not pleasure in_fools DOM that_which you_will_vow pay.
5:3 Note: KJB: Eccl.5.4
OET (OET-RV) When you promise something to God,
⇔ don’t put off doing what you promised
⇔ because no one likes fools.
⇔ Whatever you promise, do it!
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.