Ecclesiastes 5:6

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?

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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?

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Bible in Basic English ☆

Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

Darby Translation ☆

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?

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.

Noyes Bible ☆

Suffer not thy mouth to bring punishment on thy flesh, and say not before the angel, “It was a mistake.” Wherefore should God be angry on account of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

Leeser Tanakh ☆

(5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

(5-5) Suffer not thy mouth to bring thy flesh into guilt, neither say thou before the messenger, that it was an error; wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

King James Version ☆

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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?

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Webster Bible ☆

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

Revised Version ☆

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?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: But fear thou God.

World English Bible ☆

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?

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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?

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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?

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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?

World English Bible Classic ☆

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?

World English Bible Updated ☆

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?

World Messianic Bible ☆

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?

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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?

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it [is] an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

For in the multitude of chalomot and many devarim there are also divers havalim; but fear thou HaElohim.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لَا تَدَعْ فَمَكَ يَجْعَلُ جَسَدَكَ يُخْطِئُ، وَلَا تَقُلْ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلَاكِ: «إِنَّهُ سَهْوٌ». لِمَاذَا يَغْضَبُ ٱللهُ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ، وَيُفْسِدُ عَمَلَ يَدَيْكَ؟

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သင်၏နှုတ်သည် သင်၏ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ၌ အပြစ် မရောက်စေနှင့်။ အကျွန်ုပ်မှားပါပြီဟု၊ တမန်တော်ရှေ့မှာ ပြောရသော အကြောင်းမရှိစေနှင့်။ ဘုရားသခင်သည် သင်၏စကားသံကို အမျက်ထွက်၍၊ သင်ပြုစုသောအမှုကို အဘယ်ကြောင့် ဖျက်ဆီးတော်မူရမည်နည်း။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သင် ၏နှုတ် သည် သင် ၏ကိုယ်ခန္ဓါ ၌ အပြစ် မ ရောက်စေနှင့်။ အကျွန်ုပ်မှား ပါပြီဟု၊ တမန်တော် ရှေ့ မှာ ပြော ရသော အကြောင်းမ ရှိစေနှင့်။ ဘုရား သခင်သည် သင် ၏စကား သံကို အမျက် တော်ထွက်၍၊ သင် ပြုစု သောအမှု ကို အဘယ်ကြောင့် ဖျက်ဆီး တော်မူရမည်နည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Na pakha pongah na takpum to zaehaih sahsak hmah; ka sakpazae moeng boeh tiah, van kaminawk hmaa ah thui hmah; na thuih nahaeloe Sithaw palungphui ueloe, na ban hoi sak ih hmuen to amrosak tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Na pumsa te tholh sak hamla na ka te khueh boeh. Tohtamaeh kah te puencawn mikhmuh ah thui boeh. Na ol dongah balae tih Pathen thin a toek? Te dongah na kut dongkah bibi te a phae.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Na pumsa te tholh sak hamla na ka te khueh boeh. Tohtamaeh kah te puencawn mikhmuh ah thui boeh. Na ol dongah balae tih Pathen thin a toek? Te dongah na kut dongkah bibi te a phae.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

不可任你的口使肉体犯罪，也不可在祭司 面前说是错许了。为何使 神因你的声音发怒，败坏你手所做的呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

不可任你的口使肉體犯罪，也不可在祭司 面前說是錯許了。為何使上帝因你的聲音發怒，敗壞你手所做的呢？

World Chinese Bible ☆

不要让你的口使你陷入罪中。不要在使者面前辩称这是失误。为什么要让上帝因你的声音发怒，毁坏你手所做的工呢？

Croatian Bible ☆

Koliko sanja, toliko i ispraznosti; mnogo riječi - isprazna tlapnja. Zato boj se Boga.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nedopouštěj ústům svým, aby k hříchu přivodila tělo tvé, aniž říkej před andělem, že to jest poblouzení. Proč máš hněvati Boha řečí svou, kterýž by na zkázu přivedl dílo rukou tvých?

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Thi af mange Drømme og Ord kommer mange Skuffelser; nej, frygt Gud!

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

(5:5) Laat uw mond niet toe, dat hij uw vlees zou doen zondigen; en zeg niet voor het aangezicht des engels, dat het een dwaling was; waarom zou God grotelijks toornen, om uwer stemme wille, en verderven het werk uwer handen?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Laat uw mond geen schuld op u werpen, Door voor Gods afgezant te zeggen: Het was onbewust. Waarom zou God om uw woord in toorn ontsteken, En het werk uwer handen vernielen?

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ne permesu al via buŝo pekigi vian korpon, kaj ne diru al la sendito de Dio, ke ĝi estas eraro; kial fari, ke Dio koleru pro via parolo, kaj ke Li detruu la faron de viaj manoj?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Car dans la multitude des songes il y a des vanités, et aussi dans beaucoup de paroles ; mais crains Dieu.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ne permets pas à ta bouche de te faire pécher, et ne dis pas devant l'envoyé de Dieu, que c'est une erreur. Pourquoi Dieu s'irriterait-il de tes paroles, et détruirait-il l'ouvrage de tes mains?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Car, s’il y a des vanités dans la multitude des songes, il y en a aussi dans beaucoup de paroles; c’est pourquoi, crains Dieu.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ne permets pas à ta bouche de te faire pécher. Ne prétends pas devant le messager qu'il s'agissait d'une erreur. Pourquoi Dieu s'irriterait-il de tes paroles, et détruirait-il l'œuvre de tes mains ?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Gestatte deinem Munde nicht, daß er dein Fleisch sündigen mache; und sprich nicht vor dem Boten Gottes, es sei ein Versehen gewesen: warum sollte Gott über deine Stimme zürnen und das Werk deiner Hände verderben?

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Laß deinem Mund nicht zu, daß er dein Fleisch verführe; und sprich vor dem Engel nicht: Es ist ein Versehen. Gott möchte erzürnen über deine Stimme und verderben alle Werke deiner Hände.

German Textbibel ☆

Denn bei vielem Träumen und Reden giebt es auch viel Eitles. Fürchte vielmehr Gott!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

(05-5) Laß dich durch deinen Mund nicht in Schuld stürzen und sage nicht vor dem Boten: «Es war ein Versehen!» Warum soll Gott zürnen ob deiner Worte und das Werk deiner Hände bannen?

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὅτι ἐν πλήθει ἐνυπνίων καὶ ματαιοτήτων καὶ λόγων πολλῶν, ὅτι σὺ τὸν Θεὸν φοβοῦ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὅτι ἐν πλήθει ἐνυπνίων καὶ ματαιοτήτων καὶ λόγων πολλῶν, ὅτι σὺ τὸν Θεὸν φοβοῦ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pa kite pawòl ki soti nan bouch ou fè ou fè peche. Apre sa pou ou al di reprezantan Bondye a: O wi, se chape bouch mwen chape. Poukisa pou ou ta fè Bondye fache sou ou? Poukisa pou ou ta fè Bondye detwi travay ou fè ak men ou?

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E malama oe i kou waha i ole e hoohihia'i kou kino; mai olelo oe imua o ke kahuna, He kuhi hewa ia. No ke aha la e huhu mai ai ke Akua i kou leo, a e hoohiolo i ka hana a kou mau lima?

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּ֣י בְרֹ֤ב חֲלֹמֹות֙ וַהֲבָלִ֔ים וּדְבָרִ֖ים הַרְבֵּ֑ה כִּ֥י אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יְרָֽא׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אל תתן את פיך לחטיא את בשרך ואל תאמר לפני המלאך כי שגגה היא למה יקצף האלהים על קולך וחבל את מעשה ידיך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Non recar la tua bocca a far peccar la tua persona; e non dire davanti all'Angelo , che è stato errore; perchè si adirerebbe Iddio per la tua voce, e dissiperebbe l'opera delle tue mani?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Non permettere alla tua bocca di render colpevole la tua persona; e non dire davanti al messaggero di Dio: “E’ stato uno sbaglio.” Perché Iddio s’adirerebbe egli per le tue parole, e distruggerebbe l’opera delle tue mani?

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

自分の口によって罪に陥ってはならない。使者の前で、「これは間違いでした」と言ってはならない。なぜあなたの言葉で神を怒らせ、あなたの手の働きを滅ぼされるのか。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

네 입으로 네 육체를 범죄케 말라 사자 앞에서 내가 서원한 것이 실수라고 말하지 말라 어찌 하나님으로 네 말소리를 진노하사 네 손으로 한 것을 멸하시게 하랴

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nimet lela kas lom uh in eiskomyang nu ke ma koluk, na kom fah tia enenu in som fahk nu sin mwet tol lun God lah kom tafongla. Efu kom ku oru God Elan kasrkusrak sum, ac kunausla ma kom orekma ac kemkatu kac?

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Ubi multa sunt somnia, plurimæ sunt vanitates, et sermones innumeri; tu vero Deum time.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

مگذار که دهانت جسد تو را خطاکار سازد و درحضور فرشته مگو که این سهو شده است. چراخدا به‌سبب قول تو غضبناک شده، عمل دستهایت را باطل سازد؟

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Não permita que a sua boca o leve ao pecado. Não declare diante do mensageiro que isso foi um erro. Por que Deus se iraria com a sua voz, e destruiria a obra das suas mãos?

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

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?

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Nu permite gurii tale să îți provoace carnea să păcătuiască, nici nu spune înaintea îngerului, că aceasta a fost o eroare, pentru ce să se mânie Dumnezeu la vocea ta și să distrugă lucrarea mâinilor tale?

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ну лэса гура сэ те баӂе ын пэкат ши ну зиче ынаинтя тримисулуй луй Думнезеу: „М-ам припит.” Пентру че сэ Се мыние Думнезеу дин причина кувинтелор тале ши сэ нимичяскэ лукраря мынилор тале?

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Ибо во множестве сновидений, как и во множестве слов, - много суеты; но ты бойся Бога.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ne daj ustima svojim da na greh navode telo tvoje, i ne govori pred anđelom da je bilo nehotice. Zašto bi se gnevio Bog na reči tvoje i potro delo ruku tvojih?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Не дај устима својим да на грех наводе тело твоје, и не говори пред анђелом да је било нехотице. Зашто би се гневио Бог на речи твоје и потро дело руку твојих?

Mashi Bible ☆

Ebilôrho binji byo bilêrha okurhebwa, n’ebinwa binji bilêrhe okufumwa n’amango. Obwo kwo biri ntyo okazirhînya Nyamuzinda.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

No sueltes tu boca para hacer pecar á tu carne; ni digas delante del ángel, que fué ignorancia. ¿Por qué harás que Dios se aire á causa de tu voz, y que destruya la obra de tus manos?

Spanish BLL ☆

No permitas que tu boca te haga pecar, ni luego le digas al enviado del templo que fue un error. ¿Para qué hacer que Dios se enoje por lo que dices y destruya lo que has logrado con tanto esfuerzo?

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

No dejes que tu boca te haga pecar, ni digas ante el mensajero que fue por error. ¿Por qué hacer que Dios se enoje a causa de tu voz, y que destruya la obra de tus manos?

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

No permitas que tu boca haga que tu carne haga el mal. Y no digas ante el ángel, fue un error. Para que Dios no se enoje con tus palabras y ponga fin a la obra de tus manos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

No dejes que tu boca te haga pecar, ni digas delante del Ángel que fue ignorancia. ¿Por qué harás que ʼElohim se enoje a causa de tus palabras y destruya la obra de tus manos?

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOua naʻa tuku ke fakahalaʻi koe ʻe ho ngutu; pea ʻoua naʻa ke pehē ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻāngelo, ko hoʻo fai hala: ko e hā ʻoku ke fakahouhauʻi ʻae ʻOtua ʻaki ho leʻo, pea te ne fakaʻauha ʻae ngāue ʻa ho nima?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Бо, як у многих видивах сонних, так і в многих словах — багато марноти. Нї! ти бійся Бога.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Бо, як у многих видивах сонних, так і в многих словах — багато марноти. Нї! ти бійся Бога.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Đừng cho miệng ngươi làm cho xác thịt mình phạm tội, và chớ nói trước mặt sứ giả của Đức Chúa Trời rằng ấy là lầm lỗi. Sao làm cho Đức Chúa Trời nổi giận vì lời nói ngươi, và Ngài làm hư công việc của tay ngươi?

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּ֣י בְרֹ֤ב חֲלֹמוֹת֙ וַהֲבָלִ֔ים וּדְבָרִ֖ים הַרְבֵּ֑ה כִּ֥י אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יְרָֽא׃