Ecclesiastes 5:3

Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, 1 Defer not to pay it; 1 For he has no pleasure in fools: 1 Pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; 1 And a fool’s voice is with a multitude of words. 1

4It is better that thou shouldest not vow, 1 Than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 27:2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall vow a vow as the valuation of his soul for the Lord,

Proverbs 10:19By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; 1 But if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent. 1

Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise mouth are gracious: 1 But the lips of a fool will swallow him up. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:2-4

A Caution to Worshippers. 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. Solomon's design, in driving us off from the world, by… Read the whole commentary →

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