Permit not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5:6 Go To Ecclesiastes 5
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
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)