Ecclesiastes 5:1-4 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to utter a promise in God’s presence. God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

2. As dreams come along with many cares,so a fool’s voice along with a multitude of words.

3. When you make a vow to God, delay not its fulfillment. For God has no pleasure in fools; fulfill what you have vowed.

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

Ecclesiastes 5