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Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Ecclesiastes 5:6

thy flesh--Vow not with "thy mouth" a vow (for example, fasting), which the lusts of the flesh ("body," Ecclesiastes 2:3, Margin) may tempt thee to break (Proverbs 20:25).

angel--the "messenger" of God (Job 33:23); minister (Revelation 1:20); that is, the priest (Malachi 2:7) "before" whom a breach of a vow was to be confessed (Leviticus 5:4-5). We, Christians, in our vows (for example, at baptism, the Lord's Supper, etc.) vow in the presence of Jesus Christ, "the angel of the covenant" (Malachi 3:1), and of ministering angels as witnesses (1 Corinthians 11:10; 1 Timothy 5:21). Extenuate not any breach of them as a slight error.

Other commentary entries containing this verse:

Ecclesiastes 5:2
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Zechariah 3:7
1 Corinthians 11:10

 

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