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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Number. Those who observe dreams, are filled with apprehension. The Jews were very subject to this superstition. (Calmet) --- As dreams are vain, so are many words or excuses to evade a vow. (Junius; Grotius) --- Such pretences must not be made. (St. Jerome) (Menochius)

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See also Ecclesiastes 5:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ecclesiastes 5:6. _NEITHER SAY THOU BEFORE THE ANGEL, THAT IT_ WAS _AN_ _ERROR_] Nor think of saying "before the cruel angel, who shall exercise authority over thee in the judgment of the great...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH ... - i. e., Do not make rash vows which may hereafter be the cause of evasion and prevarication, and remain unfulfilled. BEFORE THE ANGEL - The Septuagint and some other versions...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. EXHORTATIONS ON DIFFERENT VANITIES CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning worship and vows (Ecclesiastes 5:1)_ 2. Concerning extortions (Ecclesiastes 5:8) 3. The vanities of wealth (Eccle

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    REALITY IN RELIGION. This section deals with worship and vows. Those who go to the house of God (whether Temple or synagogue is not clear) must go reverently and thoughtfully. Keep thy foot recalls th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TO CAUSE, &C. : by vows made concerning the flesh, such as eating and drinking, marrying, &c. ANGEL. messenger. Compare Malachi 2:7. ERROR. Hebrew. _shagag._ App-44. WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin_ The "mouth" may refer either to the thoughtless utterance of the rash vow, such as that of Jephthah (Judges 11:30) or Saul (1 Samuel 14:24), or to the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH TO CAUSE THY FLESH TO SIN, &C.— _Let not thy mouth weakly excuse thee to no purpose, and do not say before the messenger_ [who is sent to require from thee what thou hast vowed] _...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. GUIDELINES FOR THE WORK OF WORSHIP Ecclesiastes 5:1-9 1. Watch your step in God's house. Ecclesiastes 5:1 a TEXT 5:1a Ecclesiastes 5:1 a Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, THO

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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? SUFFER NOT...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:6 angel, (d-16) Or 'messenger.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK ON LIFE 1-8. Disorders in the religious, in the political world. In the earlier part of this chapter the writer turns from secular to religious matters. H e points out the irrev...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SUFFER NOT, etc.] i.e. suffer not your hasty vow to lead you into wrongdoing. THE ANGEL] either the angel who, according to Rabbinic belief, presided over the sacrifice (this is, however, somewhat out...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 V1 Be careful when you go to God...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE ANGEL. — It has been proposed to translate this word the “messenger,” or ambassador of God, and understand “the priest” (see Malachi 2:7); and it has been regarded as one of the notes of later dat...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Ecclesiastes 5:5]_ אַל ־תִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת ־פִּ֨יךָ֙ לַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    PRACTICAL MAXIMS DEDUCED FROM THIS VIEW OF THE BUSINESS LIFE. (b) A noble philosophy this, and pregnant with practical counsels of great value. For if, as we close our study of this Section of the Bo...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SO ALSO A HAPPIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WORSHIP IS OPEN TO MEN; Ecclesiastes 5:1 The men of affairs are led from the vocations of the Market and the intrigues of the Divan into the House of Go...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Allow not thy mouth to cause thy (d) flesh to sin; neither say thou before the (e) angel, that it [was] an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? (d) Do not c...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. (4) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH TO CAUSE THY FLESH TO SIN,.... That is, himself, who is corrupt and depraved; either by making a rash vow, which it is not in his power to keep; or such is the corruption of his n...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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? Ver. 6. _Su...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Suffer not thy mouth_ By any rash vow, or in any other way; _to cause thy flesh to sin_ That is, thyself: the word _flesh_ being often put for the whole man; _neither say thou before the angel_ That...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, for the sensual nature of man is stimulated by the sins of the tongue; NEITHER MAY THOU BEFORE THE ANGEL, before the priest, as the representative of th...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "DO NOT LET YOUR SPEECH CAUSE YOU TO SIN AND DO NOT SAY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD THAT IT WAS. MISTAKE. WHY SHOULD GOD BE ANGRY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR VOICE AND DESTROY THE WORK OF YOUR HAND...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-8 When a person made engagements rashly, he suffered his mouth to cause his flesh to sin. The case supposes a man coming to the priest, and pretending that his vow was made rashly, and that it woul...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SUFFER NOT THY MOUTH, by uttering any rash or foolish vow. THY FLESH, i. e. thyself, the word flesh being oft put for the whole man, as GENESIS 6:12 ISAIAH 40:5 ROMANS 3:20, &c. And it seems to have s...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 5:6 let H5414 (H8799) mouth H6310 flesh H1320 sin H2398 (H8687) say H559 (H8799) before...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 5 TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP. THE PROBLEM OF RICHES. THE GOOD LIFE. The Importance of True Worship (Ecclesiastes 5:1). This chapter now begins with one of those periods in The Preacher's musin...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at th...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 4:1 I. In the fourth chapter Koheleth comes to the conclusion that life is essentially and irretrievably wretched wretched not because (as he had formerly thought) it would so soon be ove...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation attending the possession of wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ REVERENCE AND FIDELITY This passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of pol...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Fear God, the Holy and Righteous One. In this section, the encouragement to “fear God” is motivated by his holy and righteous character (compare note on...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 5:6. BEFORE THE ANGEL] The representative of God in the Temple, _i.e_., the priest. Or it may be taken literally, as expressing the early belief of mankind that angels ar...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 5:1 Section 6. Man's outward and secular life being unable to secure happiness and satisfaction, can these be found in _popular religion?_ Religious exercises need the observa...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider the evil that they do (Ecclesiastes 5:1). When you go into the...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 11:10; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 John 1:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy mouth — By any rash vow. Thy flesh — Thyself, the word flesh being often put for the whole man. The angel — The priest or ministers of holy things. Such persons are often called angels, or, as thi...

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