Ecclesiastes 5:1

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Amplified Bible

KEEP YOUR foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear {and} obey is better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - American Standard Version

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Bible in Basic English

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Darby Bible

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - English Standard Version

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - King James Version

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Guarda tus pasos cuando vas a la casa de Dios, y acércate a escuchar en vez de ofrecer el sacrificio de los necios, porque éstos no saben que hacen el mal.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - The Message

Watch your step when you enter God’s house.
   Enter to learn. That’s far better than mindlessly offering
      a sacrifice,
      Doing more harm than good.

 

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - New American Standard Bible

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Guarda tus pasos cuando vas a la casa de Dios, y acércate a escuchar en vez de ofrecer el sacrificio de los necios, porque éstos no saben que hacen el mal.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - World English Bible

Guard your steps when you go to God`s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don`t know that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Young's Living Translation

Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Additional Comments

When you go to God, do you ask Him to teach you, to give you wisdom, to show you what He has for you to do? The only way to do this is to let your words be few, and listen (see verse 2, James 1:19, Matt 6:7-8). Don't cast the voice of God to the side.
Has God been trying to tell you something you don't want to hear?

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