Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Suffer 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?”
Ecclesiastes 5:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 5:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 5:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?”
Ecclesiastes 5:6 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Suffer 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 thy hands?”
Ecclesiastes 5:6 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it <FI>is<Fi> an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?”
Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?”
Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.”
Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:6 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5
4 Mieux vaut pour toi ne point faire de vœu, que d’en faire un et de ne pas l’accomplir.
5 Ne permets pas à ta bouche de faire pécher ta chair, et ne dis pas en présence de l’envoyé que c’est une inadvertance. Pourquoi Dieu s’irriterait-il de tes paroles, et détruirait-il l’ouvrage de tes mains?
6 Car, s’il y a des vanités dans la multitude des songes, il y en a aussi dans beaucoup de paroles; c’est pourquoi, crains Dieu.
7 Si tu vois dans une province le pauvre opprimé et la violation du droit et de la justice, ne t’en étonne point; car un homme élevé est placé sous la surveillance d’un autre plus élevé, et au-dessus d’eux il en est de plus élevés encore.
8 Un avantage pour le pays à tous égards, c’est un roi honoré du pays.
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