Spreuken 20:25

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Een valstrik voor een mens is het ijlings Heilig te roepen en eerst na geloften gedaan te hebben te overleggen.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Het is een strik voor den mens, zich met het heilige te overhaasten, en eerst na gedane geloften te overleggen.

Staten Vertaling
Het is een strik des mensen, dat hij het heilige verslindt, en na gedane geloften, onderzoek te doen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a snare: Proverbs 18:7, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 22:10-15, Leviticus 27:30, Malachi 3:8-10

after: Leviticus 27:9, Leviticus 27:10, Leviticus 27:31, Numbers 30:2-16, Ecclesiastes 5:4-6, Matthew 5:33

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:23 - That which Joshua 9:20 - lest wrath Judges 21:22 - give unto 2 Chronicles 28:21 - took away Ecclesiastes 5:5 - General Matthew 15:5 - It is Acts 5:3 - to keep

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy,.... Which is separated to sacred uses, is devoted to the Lord, as firstfruits, tithes, offerings, c. which if a man converts to his own use is sacrilege, and this is a sin and a snare, and brings ruin on him see Malachi 3:8;

and after vows to make inquiry: that is a sin and a snare also; a man should first inquire before he vows, whether it is right for him to make a vow, and whether he is able to keep it; it is too late after the vow is made to inquire about the lawfulness or expedience of it, and how to find out ways and means to dissolve it and be clear of it; for it is better not to vow, than to vow and not pay, Ecclesiastes 5:4; when a thing is in a man's own hands, he may do what he will; but when he has devoted it to another use, it is no longer in his power; as the case of Ananias and Sapphira shows, Acts 5:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Better, It is a snare to a man to utter a vow (of consecration) rashly, and after vows to inquire whether he can fulfill them. Both clauses are a protest against the besetting sin of rash and hasty vows. Compare the marginal reference.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:25. Who devoureth that which is holy — It is a sin to take that which belongs to God, his worship, or his work, and devote it to one's own use.

And after vows to make inquiry. — That is, if a man be inwardly making a rash vow, the fitness or unfitness, the necessity, expediency, and propriety of the thing should be first carefully considered. But how foolish to make the vow first, and afterwards to inquire whether it was right in the sight of God to do it! This equally condemns all rash and inconsiderate conduct. My old MS. Bible translates, Falling is of men often to vowen to seyntis, and after, the vouw is agen brawen. Is it possible that Wiclif could have translated this verse thus? as it strongly countenances vows to and invocations of saints.