Ecclesiastes 5:6

King James Version (KJV)

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?

Translations

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - Amplified Bible

Do not allow your mouth to cause your body to sin, and do not say before the messenger [the priest] that it was an error {or} mistake. Why should God be [made] angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - American Standard Version

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - Bible in Basic English

Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - Darby Bible

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - English Standard Version

Let not your mouth lead you that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - King James Version

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?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - La Biblia de las Americas

No permitas que tu boca te haga pecar, y no digas delante del mensajero de Dios que fue un error. ¿Por qué ha de enojarse Dios a causa de tu voz y destruir la obra de tus manos?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - The Message

Don’t let your mouth make a total sinner of you.
   When called to account, you won’t get by with
      "Sorry, I didn’t mean it."
   Why risk provoking God to angry retaliation?

 

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - New American Standard Bible

Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger {of God} that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

No permitas que tu boca te haga pecar, y no digas delante del mensajero de Dios que fue un error. ¿Por qué ha de enojarse Dios a causa de tu voz y destruir la obra de tus manos?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - World English Bible

Don`t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don`t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - Young's Living Translation

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it [is] an error,` why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

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