King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:7 in the King James Version says “For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.”
Ecclesiastes 5:7 · KJV
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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?
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. at the: Heb. at the will, or, purpose
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“there are also divers vanities”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
“words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thou God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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