Ecclesiastes 5:6
What does Ecclesiastes 5:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 5:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Suffer 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?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Suffer 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?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Suffer 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?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it <FI>is<Fi> an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore shouldGod be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 48:16
the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- 2 John 1:8
Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
- Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
- James 1:26
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
- Leviticus 5:4
Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things.
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