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Ecclesiastes 5:3
As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 · Bible in Basic English
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Ecclesiastes 5:3 in other translations
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
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In context
1 Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.
2 Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.
3 As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
4 When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.
5 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.
6 Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.
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