Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 in other translations
| BSB | As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words. |
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| WEB | For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words. |
| ASV | For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words. |
| YLT | For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words. |
| DARBY | For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words. |
| BBE | As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number. |
| Webster | For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words. |
What does Ecclesiastes 5:3 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
What renders devotion vain. (Eccl. 5:1-3) Of vows, and oppression. (Eccl. 5:4-8) the vanity of riches shown. (Eccl. 5:9-7) The right use of riches. (Eccl. 5:18-20) Verses 1-3 Address thyself to the worship of God, and take time to compose thyself for it. Keep thy thoughts from roving and wandering: keep thy affections from running out toward wrong objects. We should avoid vain repetitions; copious prayers are not…
Ecclesiastes 5:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 5:3
- Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
- Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
- Job 11:2
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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Context
- Ecclesiastes 5:2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque de la mucha ocupación viene el sueño, y de la multitud de las palabras la voz del necio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand tu auras voué un vœu à Dieu, ne tarde point à l’acquitter; car il ne prend pas plaisir aux sots: ce que tu auras voué, accomplis-le. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Träume kommen durch viel Geschäftigkeit, und der Tor wird laut durch viele Worte - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si quid vovisti Deo, ne moreris reddere: displicet enim ei infidelis et stulta promissio, sed quodcumque voveris redde: |