Verse List for ECC 5:2

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OET (OET-RV) Don’t speak out too quickly, ⇔ and don’t let your emotions rush to make you request something from God, ⇔ because God is in the heavens, ⇔ but you’re on the earth, so let your words be few.

OET-LV [fn] if/because it _comes the_dream with_abundance _of business and_the_voice _of a _fool with_a _multitude _of words/messages.

ULT Do not be hurried concerning your mouth, and do not let your heart hurry to bring forth a word to the face of God. For the God, is in heaven, but you, are on the earth; therefore, let your words be few.

UST Do not be so quick to say something to God that you speak rashly without thinking about the words you say. Neither should you allow yourself to raise an issue hastily in God’s presence. You ought to remember that this God is the true, uncreated God who rules from heaven, and that you, a mere creature, live here on the dust of the earth. For this reason, you ought to think carefully before you say anything in God’s presence.

BSB & MSB Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

NET Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, ⇔ for God is in heaven and you are on earth! ⇔ Therefore, let your words be few.

LSV Do not cause your mouth to hurry, and do not let your heart hurry to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and you on the earth, therefore let your words be few.

FBV Don't say rash things, and think before you speak to God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so keep it short.

T4T ⇔  Think carefully before you speak [MTY] ⇔  or before you promise God that you will do something [IDM]. ⇔ Do not forget that God is in heaven and he is all-powerful ⇔  and you are here on the earth, ⇔  so think carefully before you make any promises to God.

LEB • Do not be rash with your mouth,
• and do not let your heart be quick to utter a word before God.
• For God is in heaven, and you are on earth;
• therefore, let your words be few.

BBE 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.

Moff Never be rash with your lips, never let your heart hurry you into words before God. God is in heaven, and you are upon earth; so let your words be few.

JPS (5-1) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

ASV 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.

DRA Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.

YLT Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Drby Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before [fn]God: for [fn]God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

RV Be not rash with thy month, 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.
(Be not rash with thy/your month, and let not thine/your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou/you upon earth: therefore let thy/your words be few.)

SLT Thou shalt not hasten with thy mouth, and thy heart shall not be quick to bring forth a word to the face of God: for God is in the heavens, and thou upon the earth: for this thy words shall be few.

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

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(Be not rash with thy/your mouth, and let not thine/your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou/you upon earth: therefore let thy/your words be few.)

KJB-1611 [fn]Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to vtter any thing before God: for God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.
(Be not hasty with thy/your mouth, and let not thine/your heart speak anything rashly before God: For God is in heaven, and thou/you upon earth, therefore let thy/your words be few.)

Gnva For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
(For as a dream cometh/comes by the multitude of business: so the voice of a fool is in the multitude of words.)

Cvdl Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.
(Be not hasty with thy/your mouth, and let not thine/your heart speak anything rashly before God. For God is in heaven, and thou/you upon earth, therefore let thy/your words be few.)

Wycl Dremes suen many bisynessis, and foli schal be foundun in many wordis.
(Dreams follow many bisynessis, and folly shall be found in many words.)

Luth Denn wo viel Sorgen ist, da kommen Träume; und wo viele Worte sind, da höret man den Narren.
(Because where many worry(n) is, there coming dreams; and where many words are, there hear man the fool(n).)

ClVg Multas curas sequuntur somnia, et in multis sermonibus invenietur stultitia.[fn]
(Many worries they_follow dreams, and in/into/on many conversations will_be_found foolishness.)

UHB 1 אַל־תְּבַהֵ֨ל עַל־פִּ֜י⁠ךָ וְ⁠לִבְּ⁠ךָ֧ אַל־יְמַהֵ֛ר לְ⁠הוֹצִ֥יא דָבָ֖ר לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֤ים בַּ⁠שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְ⁠אַתָּ֣ה עַל־הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ עַֽל־כֵּ֛ן יִהְי֥וּ דְבָרֶ֖י⁠ךָ מְעַטִּֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὅτι παραγίνεται ἐνύπνιον ἐν πλήθει πειρασμοῦ, καὶ φωνὴ ἄφρονος ἐν πλήθει λόγων.

BrTr For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.