Ecclesiastes 5:7
If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, 1 Wonder not at the matter: 1 For there is a high one to watch over him that is high, 1 And high ones over them. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
In Context
6For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: 1 But fear thou God. 1
8Also the abundance of the earth is for everyone: 1 The king is dependent on the tilled field. 1
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatsoever things God has done, 1 They shall be forever: 1 It is impossible to add to it, 1 And it is impossible to take away from it: 1 And God has done it, that men may fear before him. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:3Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, 1 Defer not to pay it; 1 For he has no pleasure in fools: 1 Pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:9So I saw all this, 1 And I applied my heart to every work 1 That has been done under the sun; 1 All the things wherein man has power 1 Over man to afflict him. 1
Ecclesiastes 12:13Hear the end of the matter, the sum: 1 Fear God, and keep his commandments: 1 For this is the whole man. 1
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:5-9
The Obligation of a Vow. 4 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. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.… Read the whole commentary →