Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:6

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:6 - 5:6

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:6 - 5:6

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:4 - 5:4
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:9 - 5:9
5:10 - 5:10
5:11 - 5:11
5:12 - 5:12
5:13 - 5:13
5:16 - 5:16
5:17 - 5:17
5:18 - 5:18
5:19 - 5:19
5:20 - 5:20

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

angel - the “messenger” of God (Job 33:23); minister (Rev 1:20); that is, the priest (Mal 2:7) “before” whom a breach of a vow was to be confessed (Lev 5:4, Lev 5:5). 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” (Mal 3:1), and of ministering angels as witnesses (1Co 11:10; 1Ti 5:21). Extenuate not any breach of them as a slight error.