Ecclesiastes 5:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Common English Bible

² Don’t be quick with your mouth or say anything hastily before God, because God is in heaven, but you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Cross References

Genesis 18:27

7 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:30

0 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I And thirty there.

Genesis 18:32

2 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if tell should be found there ? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.

Genesis 28:20

1 And I shall return prosperously to my father's house: the Lord shall be my God:

Genesis 28:22

Then Jacob went on in his journey, and came into the east country.

Psalm 115:3

0 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

Proverbs 10:19

6 As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.

Proverbs 20:25

Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

9 For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

0 Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

0 A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

4 For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

Isaiah 55:9

For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, They that shall keep my sabbaths, and shall choose the things that please me, and shall hold fast my covenant:

Leviticus 5:4

And of its blood he shall sprinkle the side of the altar, and whatsoever is left, he shall let it drop at the bottom thereof, because it is for sin.

Matthew 6:7

5 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.

Matthew 6:9

7 But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Mark 6:23

1 And he said to them: Come apart into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much as time to eat.

James 3:2

1 Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?

Judges 11:30

5 And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.