Ecclesiastes 5:2
ContextNETBible | 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. |
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 5:2 |
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. |
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 5:2 |
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. |
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 5:2 |
And don’t make rash promises to God, for he is in heaven, and you are only here on earth. So let your words be few. |
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 5:2 |
Don't shoot off your mouth, or speak before you think. Don't be too quick to tell God what you think he wants to hear. God's in charge, not you--the less you speak, the better. |
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 5:2 |
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. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 5:2 |
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. |
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 5:2 |
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. |
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NET [draft] ITL | Do not <0408> be rash <0926> with <05921> your mouth <06310> or <0408> hasty <04116> in your heart <03820> to bring up <03318> a matter <01697> before <06440> God <0430> , for <03588> God <0430> is in <05921> heaven <08064> and you <0859> are on <05921> earth <0776> ! Therefore <03651> , let your words <01697> be <01961> few <04592> . |
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