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
Read Ecclesiastes 5:6 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
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 Quando fizeres algum voto a Deus, não demores em pagá-lo; porque ele não se agrada de tolos. Paga o voto que fizeres.
5 Melhor é que não faças voto, do que fazeres um voto, e não o pagares.
6 Não permitas que a tua boca faça a tua carne pecar; nem digas perante o mensageiro que foi um mero erro; por que provocarias a ira de Deus com a tua voz, para que ele destrua a obra de tuas mãos?
7 Porque, como na abundância de sonhos há futilidades, assim, também, há abundância de palavras; tu, porém, teme a Deus.
8 Se vires em algum território a opressão dos pobres, e a violência contra o direito e a justiça, não te surpreendas de tal caso; porque o oficial tem uma autoridade maior que o supervisiona; e acima de ambos há outros que têmautoridade ainda maior.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:6 Mean?
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