Verse
Ecclesiastes 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter…
“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.”
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The verses around Ecclesiastes 5:2.
1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2Be 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.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Verse explanation
Remembering the distance between ‘God in heaven’ and ‘you on earth’ is the argument used to recommend short prayers: talking too much before God would sound like excessive familiarity coming from someone in a far lower position.
From the Ecclesiastes 5 study in Bible in Stories.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Não te precipites com a tua bocca, nem o teu coração se apresse a pronunciar palavra alguma diante de Deus; porque Deus está nos céus, e tu estás sobre a terra; pelo que sejam poucas as tuas palavras.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Não te precipites com tua boca, nem te apresses com teu coração, a pronunciar palavra alguma perante a face de Deus; porque Deus está nos céus, e tu estás na terra; por isso, que tuas palavras sejam poucas.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
No te precipites, y piensa antes de hablar con Dios. Porque Dios está en el cielo y tú en la tierra, así que sé breve.
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