King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:3
“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 5
1
Keep 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.
2
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.
3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
4
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5
Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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