“This flood of words should be answered!\par Does all this talking make Job right? No!\par
Ecclesiastes 5:3 - Easy To Read Version Bad dreams come with too many worries,\par and a fool with too many words.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For a dream comes with much business and painful effort, and a fool's voice with many words. American Standard Version (1901) For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words. Common English Bible Remember: Dreams come with many cares, and the voice of fools with many words. Catholic Public Domain Version If you have vowed anything to God, you should not delay to repay it. And whatever you have vowed, render it. But an unfaithful and foolish promise displeases him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. |
“This flood of words should be answered!\par Does all this talking make Job right? No!\par
A person who talks too much gets himself into trouble. A wise person learns to be quiet.
When a wise person speaks, other people want to listen. But a foolish person speaks only foolishness.
“Tell the people of Israel: A person might make a special promise to the Lord. That person might promise to give a person to the Lord. {That person will then serve the Lord in a special way.} The priest must set a price for that person. {People will have to pay that price if they want to buy the person back from the Lord.}