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Ecclesiastes 5:7

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 · King James Version

In other versions

  • For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

    ASV

  • If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

    BBE

  • For in the multitude of dreams are vanities; so with many words: but fear God.

    DBY

  • For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

    WEB

  • For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

    YLT

  • For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear you God.

    ENG

  • If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there are higher than they.

    WBT

  • For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

    BSB

In context

5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

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