3For 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 Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.