Ecclesiastes 5:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Daydreaming comes when there are too many worries. Careless speaking comes when there are too many words.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

For a dream cometh through a multitude of business; and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Ecclesiastes 5:3 Cross References

XREF:

Job 11:2 "Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?

Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable, But the mouth of fools spouts folly.

Ecclesiastes 10:14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

5:3 A dream - When men are oppressed with business in the day, they dream of it in the night. Is known - It discovers the man to be a foolish, and rash, and inconsiderate man. Of words - Either in prayer, or in vowing, by making many rash vows, of which he speaks ver.4, 5, 6, and then returns to the mention of multitude of dreams and many words, ver.7, which verse may be a comment upon this, and which makes it probable that both that and this verse are to be understood of vows rather than of prayers.

MHC:

5:1-3 Address thyself to the worship of God, and take time to compose thyself for it. Keep thy thoughts from roving and wandering: keep thy affections from running out toward wrong objects. We should avoid vain repetitions; copious prayers are not here condemned, but those that are unmeaning. How often our wandering thoughts render attendance on Divine ordinances little better than the sacrifice of fools! Many words and hasty ones, used in prayer, show folly in the heart, low thoughts of God, and careless thoughts of our own souls.

CONC:

Abundance Business Cares Dream Effort Fool Foolish Fool's Multitude Speech Voice

Abundance Business Cares Dream Effort Fool Foolish Fool's Great Multitude Speech Voice Words

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