Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”

Ecclesiastes 5:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 5:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 5:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?”

Ecclesiastes 5:6 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? ”

Ecclesiastes 5:6 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it <FI>is<Fi> an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?”

Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore shouldGod be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? ”

Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.”

Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:6 in Context — 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.

5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:6 Mean?

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