Ecclesiastes 5:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Ecclesiastes 5:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 5:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 5:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.”

Ecclesiastes 5:7 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God. ”

Ecclesiastes 5:7 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 5:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.”

Ecclesiastes 5:7 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For in the multitude of dreams are vanities; so with many words: but fearGod.”

Ecclesiastes 5:7 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 5:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.”

Ecclesiastes 5:7 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:7 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5

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.

9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:7 Mean?

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