Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 5:3
American Standard Version
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
Amplified® Bible
For a dream comes with much business {and} painful effort, and a fool's voice with many words.
Contemporary English Version
If you keep thinking about something, you will dream about it. If you talk too much, you will say the wrong thing.
Darby English Version
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
Good News Bible
The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
King James Version
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
New American Standard Bible
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
New International Version
As a dream comes when there are many cares,
so the speech of a fool when there are many words.
New King James Version
For a dream comes through much activity,
And a fool's voice is known by his many words.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
Revised Standard Version
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
Young's Literal Translation
For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
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