Ecclesiastes 5:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Young's Literal Translation
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that ‘it [is] an error,’ why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

King James 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?

Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

let
תִּתֵּ֤ן (tit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

your mouth
פִּ֙יךָ֙ (pî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

cause your body
בְּשָׂרֶ֔ךָ (bə·śā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

to sin,
לַחֲטִ֣יא (la·ḥă·ṭî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

and do not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

tell
תֹּאמַר֙ (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the messenger
הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ (ham·mal·’āḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

[your vow]
הִ֑יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was a mistake.
שְׁגָגָ֖ה (šə·ḡā·ḡāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7684: A mistake, inadvertent transgression

Why
לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

should God
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

be angry
יִקְצֹ֤ף (yiq·ṣōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7107: To crack off, burst out in rage

with
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your words
קוֹלֶ֔ךָ (qō·w·le·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

and destroy
וְחִבֵּ֖ל (wə·ḥib·bêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

the work
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (ma·‘ă·śêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

of your hands?
יָדֶֽיךָ׃ (yā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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