Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. New Living Translation Don’t make rash promises, and don’t be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few. English Standard Version Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few. New American Standard Bible Do not be quick with your mouth or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. NASB 1995 Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. NASB 1977 Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. Legacy Standard Bible Do not be hasty with your mouth or impulsive in your heart to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven but you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. Amplified Bible Do not be hasty with your mouth [speaking careless words or vows] or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few. Christian Standard Bible Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not be quick with your mouth and your heart will not be quick to send out a word in front of God, because God is in Heaven and you are in the Earth; because of this let your words be few Brenton Septuagint Translation Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Contemporary English Version Don't talk before you think or make promises to God without thinking them through. God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so don't talk too much. Douay-Rheims Bible Speak not any thing rashly, 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. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't be in a hurry to talk. Don't be eager to speak in the presence of God. Since God is in heaven and you are on earth, limit the number of your words. Good News Translation Think before you speak, and don't make any rash promises to God. He is in heaven and you are on earth, so don't say any more than you have to. International Standard Version Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version Do not cause your mouth to hurry, and do not let your heart hurry to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and you on the earth, therefore let your words be few. Majority 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. New American Bible Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to utter a promise in God’s presence. God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few. NET Bible Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few. New Revised Standard Version Never be rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be quick to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few. New Heart English Bible Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. Young's Literal Translation Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Approaching God with Awe1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2Do 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. 3As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.… Cross References Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard. Proverbs 10:19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 20:25 It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows. Treasury of Scripture Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you on earth: therefore let your words be few. not rash Genesis 18:27,30,32 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: … Genesis 28:20,22 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, … Numbers 30:2-5 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth… thing Psalm 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. let thy Ecclesiastes 5:3,7 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words… Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Jump to Previous Cause Earth Few Great Hasten Hasty Heart Heaven Heavens Matter Mouth Presence Rash Thought Unwise Utter Word WordsJump to Next Cause Earth Few Great Hasten Hasty Heart Heaven Heavens Matter Mouth Presence Rash Thought Unwise Utter Word WordsEcclesiastes 5 1. vanities in divine service8. in murmuring against oppression 9. and in riches 18. Joy in riches is the gift of God. (2) Few.--Ecclesiasticus 7:14; Ecclesiasticus 18:22.Verse 2. - Koheleth warns against thoughtless words or hasty professions in prayer, which formed another feature of popular religion. Be not rash with thy mouth. The warning is against hasty and thoughtless words in prayer, words that go from the lips with glib facility, but come not from the heart. Thus our Lord bids those who pray not to use vain repetitions (μὴ βαττολογήσατε), as the heathen, who think to be heard for their much speaking (Matthew 6:7). Jesus himself used the same words in his prayer in the garden, and he continually urges the lesson of much and constant prayer - a lessen enforced by apostolic admonitions (see Luke 11:5, etc.; Philippians 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:17); but it is quite possible to use the same words, and yet throw the whole heart into them each time that they are repeated. Whether the repetition is vain or not depends upon the spirit of the person who prays. Let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God. We should weigh well our wishes, arrange them discreetly, ponder whether they are such as we can rightly make subjects of petition, ere we lay them in words before the Lord. "Before God" may mean in the temple, the house of God, where he is specially present, as Solomon himself testified (1 Kings 8:27, 30, 43). God is in heaven. The infinite distance between God and man, illustrated by the contrast of earth and the illimitable heaven, is the ground of the admonition to reverence and thoughtfulness (comp. Psalm 115:3, 16; Isaiah 4:8, 9; 66:1). Therefore let thy words be few, as becomes one who speaks in the awful presence of God. Ben-Sirs seems to have had this passage in mind when he writes (Ecclus. 7:14), "Prate not in a multitude of elders, and repeat not (μὴ δευτερώσης) the word in prayer." We may remember the conduct of the priests of Baal (1 Kings 18:26). Ginsburg and Wright quote the Talmudic precept ('Beraehoth,' 68. a), "Let the words of a man always be few in the presence of God, according as it is written," and then follows the passage in our text. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not be hasty תְּבַהֵ֨ל (tə·ḇa·hêl) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against speak, פִּ֜יךָ (pî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to and do not let your heart וְלִבְּךָ֧ (wə·lib·bə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre be אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not hasty יְמַהֵ֛ר (yə·ma·hêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly to utter לְהוֹצִ֥יא (lə·hō·w·ṣî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim a word דָבָ֖ר (ḏā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face God. הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative After all, כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction God הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative is in heaven בַּשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (baš·šā·ma·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky and you וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against earth. הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land So עַֽל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against let your words דְבָרֶ֖יךָ (ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause be יִהְי֥וּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be few. מְעַטִּֽים׃ (mə·‘aṭ·ṭîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few Links Ecclesiastes 5:2 NIVEcclesiastes 5:2 NLT Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV Ecclesiastes 5:2 NASB Ecclesiastes 5:2 KJV Ecclesiastes 5:2 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 5:2 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 5:2 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 5:2 French Bible Ecclesiastes 5:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 5:2 Don't be rash with your mouth (Ecclesiast. 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