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


In Context

1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

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

4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

Ecclesiastes 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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