Ecclesiastes 5:2

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

ASV Byzantine Text

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Asang Khongca Bible

Na pakha to rangsak hmah, Sithaw hmaa ah lokthuih hanah, na poekhaih rangsak hmah; Sithaw loe van ah oh moe, nang loe long ah na oh; to pongah na lok to tamsisak ah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Pathen mikhmuh ah ol aka thak la na ka te let sak boel lamtah na lungbuei loe boel saeh. Pathen tah vaan ah om tih nang tah diklai ah ni na om. Te dongah na ol yol saeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Pathen mikhmuh ah ol aka thak la na ka te let sak boel lamtah na lungbuei loe boel saeh. Pathen tah vaan ah om tih nang tah diklai ah ni na om. Te dongah na ol yol saeh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Mai olelo wawe kou waha, aole hoi e wikiwiki kou naau e hoopuka aku i kekahi mea imua o ke Akua; no ka mea, aia ke Akua ma ka lani, aka, eia no oe ma ka honua nei, no ia mea, e hoouuku i kau mau olelo.

English Berean Standard Bible

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Fè tèt ou travay anvan ou louvri bouch ou pale. Pa prese fè ankenn pwomès bay Bondye. Bondye, se nan syèl li ye, ou menm ou sou latè. Pa di plis pase sa ou dwe di a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Multas curas sequuntur somnia, et in multis sermonibus invenietur stultitia.

Bible in Basic English

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth — so let not the number of your words be great.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Car le songe vient de beaucoup d’occupations, et la voix du sot de beaucoup de paroles.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebývej rychlý k mluvení, ani srdce tvé kvapné k vynášení slova před oblíčejem Božím, poněvadž Bůh jest na nebi, a ty na zemi; protož nechť jsou slova tvá nemnohá.

Kosraean Bible

Nunkala in wo meet liki kom kaskas, ac nimet oru kutena wulela ingunyar nu sin God. El muta inkusrao ac kom muta fin faclu, ouinge nik kom fahk kas pus liki ma fal kom in fahk.

World Portuguese Bible

Não seja precipitado com a sua boca, e não deixe o seu coração se apressar em proferir qualquer coisa diante de Deus; pois Deus está nos céus, e você na terra. Portanto, que as suas palavras sejam poucas.

Romanian BTF Bible

Nu fi pripit cu gura ta și nu îți lăsa inima să se grăbească să rostească vreun lucru înaintea lui Dumnezeu, pentru că Dumnezeu este în cer și tu pe pământ; de aceea cuvintele tale să fie puține.

Brenton English Septuagint

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သင်၏နှုတ်သည် သတိမလစ်စေနှင့်။ ဘုရား သခင့်ရှေ့တော်၌ စကားပြောခြင်းငှါ၊ သင်၏စိတ်နှလုံး မလျင်မမြန်စေနှင့်။ ဘုရားသခင်သည် ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ၌ ရှိတော်မူ၏။ သင်သည် မြေကြီးပေါ်မှာရှိ၏။ ထိုကြောင့် သင်၏စကားမများစေနှင့်။

Darby Translation

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Sei nicht vorschnell mit deinem Munde, und dein Herz eile nicht, ein Wort vor Gott hervorzubringen; denn Gott ist im Himmel, und du bist auf der Erde: darum seien deiner Worte wenige.

Dutch Bible 1917

(5:1) Wees niet te snel met uw mond, en uw hart haaste niet een woord voort te brengen voor Gods aangezicht; want God is in den hemel, en gij zijt op de aarde; daarom laat uw woorden weinig zijn.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wees niet gauw met uw mond, En laat uw hart geen overijlde woorden uiten voor God; Want God is in de hemel, gij hier op aarde. Wees dus spaarzaam met uw woorden;

Italian Diodati Bible

Non esser precipitoso nel tuo parlare, e il tuo cuore non si affretti a proferire alcuna parola nel cospetto di Dio; perciocchè Iddio, è nel cielo, e tu sei in terra; però sieno le tue parole poche ;

Douay-Rheims 1899

Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.

Geneva Bible 1599

For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.

Noyes Bible

Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be swift to utter any thing before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.

Danish Bible 1931

Thi meget Slid giver Drømme, og mange Ord giver Dåretale.

Leeser Tanakh

(5:1) Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

(5-1) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

King James Version

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Chớ vội mở miệng ra, và lòng ngươi chớ lật đật nói lời trước mặt Đức Chúa Trời; vì Đức Chúa Trời ở trên trời, còn ngươi ở dưới đất. Vậy nên ngươi khá ít lời.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOua naʻa ke ʻohonoa ʻaki ho ngutu, pea ʻoua naʻa vave ho loto ke fakahā ha meʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua: he ʻoku ʻi he langi ʻae ʻOtua, ka ʻoku ke ʻi māmani ko ē: ko ia ke siʻi ai hoʻo lea.

French Ostervald Bible

Ne te presse pas d'ouvrir la bouche, et que ton cœur ne se hâte point de prononcer quelque parole devant Dieu; car Dieu est aux cieux, et toi sur la terre; c'est pourquoi, use de peu de paroles.

Esperanto Bible

Ne rapidu kun via buŝo, kaj via koro ne rapidu elparoli vorton antaŭ Dio, ĉar Dio estas en la ĉielo, kaj vi estas sur la tero; tial malmultaj estu viaj vortoj.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Car, si les songes naissent de la multitude des occupations, la voix de l’insensé se fait entendre dans la multitude des paroles.

German Luther Bible 1912

Sei nicht schnell mit deinem Munde und laß dein Herz nicht eilen, was zu reden vor Gott; denn Gott ist im Himmel, und du auf Erden; darum laß deiner Worte wenig sein.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

British English Septuagint 2012

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

Majority Standard BIble

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

Webster Bible

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Revised Version

Be not rash with thy month, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Non esser precipitoso nel parlare, e il tuo cuore non s’affretti a proferir verbo davanti a Dio; perché Dio è in cielo e tu sei sulla terra; le tue parole sian dunque poche;

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ne sois pas prompt à parler, et que ton cœur ne se précipite pas pour prononcer quoi que ce soit devant Dieu ; car Dieu est au ciel, et toi sur la terre. Que tes paroles soient donc peu nombreuses.

Reina Valera 1909

No te des priesa con tu boca, ni tu corazón se apresure á proferir palabra delante de Dios; porque Dios está en el cielo, y tú sobre la tierra: por tanto, sean pocas tus palabras.

Spanish BLL

No te precipites a hablar, ni dejes que tu corazón se apresure a prometer nada delante de Dios. Recuerda que Dios está en el cielo y tú estás en la tierra; por lo tanto, habla poco.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

No te dejes llevar de tu boca, ni tu corazón se apresure a proferir palabra alguna delante de Dios; porque Dios está en el cielo, y tú sobre la tierra; por tanto, sean pocas tus palabras.

Croatian Bible

San dolazi od mnogih briga, a lud govor od mnoštva riječi.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Nemoj nagliti ustima svojim, i srce tvoje da ne bude brzo izgovoriti šta pred Bogom, jer je Bog na nebu, a ti si na zemlji, zato neka bude malo reči tvojih.

German Textbibel

Denn Träume kommen, wo viel Sorge ist, und thörichtes Gerede, wo viel Worte sind.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; And a fool’s voice is with a multitude of words.