“For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.”
— WEB
Ecclesiastes 5:7
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.”
— KJV
“For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.”
— ASV
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Commentary
(See on Ecc 5:3). God's service, which ought to be our chief good, becomes by "dreams" (foolish fancies as of God's requirements of us in worship), and random "words," positive "vanity." The remedy is, whatever fools may do, "Fear thou God" (Ecc 12:13).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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