Ecclesiastes 5:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.”

Ecclesiastes 5:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 5:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 5:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.”

Ecclesiastes 5:3 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words. ”

Ecclesiastes 5:3 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.”

Ecclesiastes 5:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words. ”

Ecclesiastes 5:3 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“When thou hast vowed a vowe to God, deferre not to pay it: for he deliteth not in fooles: pay therefore that thou hast vowed.”

Ecclesiastes 5:3 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:3 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5

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.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:3 Mean?

Ecclesiastes 5:3 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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