Berean Standard Bible
“Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.”
Ecclesiastes 5 begins with instructions about going to the house of God. The Teacher warns against careless words and empty religious talk.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
No te des priesa con tu boca, ni tu corazón se apresure á proferir palabra delante de Dios; porque Dios está en el cielo, y tú sobre la tierra: por tanto, sean pocas tus palabras.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
pues él está en el cielo y tú aquí abajo en la tierra; sean, pues, pocas tus palabras.
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