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Ecclesiastes 5:3

American Standard Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 5:3 in other translations

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 in context

  1. 1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
  2. 2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
  3. 3For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.
  4. 4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
  5. 5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.