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