Ecclesiastes 5:3
King James Version (KJV)
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
In context
1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
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.
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
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.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
- WEB World English Bible
- For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.