Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.In other versions
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
ASV
When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.
BBE
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
DBY
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
WEB
For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
YLT
For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
ENG
When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
WBT
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
BSB
In context
1Keep 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.
2Be 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.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.