Ecclesiastes 5:3

כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר נֶדֶר לֵֽאלֹהִים אַל ־ תְּאַחֵר לְשַׁלְּמוֹ כִּי אֵין חֵפֶץ בַּכְּסִילִים אֵת אֲשֶׁר ־ תִּדֹּר שַׁלֵּֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2כִּי בָּא הַחֲלוֹם בְּרֹב עִנְיָן וְקוֹל כְּסִיל בְּרֹב דְּבָרִֽים ׃

4טוֹב אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ תִדֹּר מִשֶׁתִּדּוֹר וְלֹא תְשַׁלֵּֽם ׃

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Cross References

Leviticus 27:2דַּבֵּר אֶל ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִא נֶדֶר בְּעֶרְכְּךָ נְפָשֹׁת לַֽיהוָֽה ׃

Proverbs 10:19בְּרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֶחְדַּל ־ פָּשַׁע וְחֹשֵׂךְ שְׂפָתָיו מַשְׂכִּֽיל ׃

Ecclesiastes 10:12דִּבְרֵי פִי ־ חָכָם חֵן וְשִׂפְתוֹת כְּסִיל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ ׃

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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