Ecclesiastes 5

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¹Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

¹Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.

²For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

³Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he has] no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.

³Whenever you shall vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he has] no pleasure in fools: pay you therefore whatever you shall have vowed.

⁴[It is] better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

⁴[It is] better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

⁵Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands.

⁵Suffer not your mouth to lead your flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at your voice, and destroy the works of your hands.

⁶For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

⁶For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God.

⁷If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

⁷If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

⁸Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king [is dependent on] the tilled field.

⁹He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.

¹⁰In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?

¹¹The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

¹²There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

¹³And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

¹⁴As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go [with him] in his hand.

¹⁴As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labor, that it should go [with him] in his hand.

¹⁵And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?

¹⁵And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?

¹⁶Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

¹⁶Yes, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

¹⁷Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.

¹⁷Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor in which he may labor under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.

¹⁸Yea, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

¹⁸Yes, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

¹⁹For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.