For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.
WEB
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
YLT
For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
DBT
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).