Eclesiastés 5:3

3 Demasiada actividad trae pesadillas; demasiadas palabras te hacen necio.

Eclesiastés 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business
Or, "for as a dream" ^F17, so Aben Ezra; as that comes through a multiplicity of business in the daytime, in which the mind has been busied, and the body employed; and this brings on dreams in the night season, which are confused and incoherent; sometimes the fancy is employed about one thing, and sometimes another, and all unprofitable and useless, as well as vain and foolish; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words;
either his voice in conversation, for a fool is full of words, and pours out his foolishness in a large profusion of them; or his voice in prayer, being like a man's dream, confused, incoherent, and rambling. The supplement, "is known", may be left out.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (ab yk) "ut prodit somnium", Junius & Tremellius; "nam ut venit", Piscator; "quia sicut venit", Mercerus, Ramabachius, so Broughton.

Eclesiastés 5:3 In-Context

1 Precauciones al acercarse a Dios
Cuando entres en la casa de Dios, abre los oídos y cierra la boca. El que presenta ofrendas a Dios sin pensar hace mal.

2 No hagas promesas a la ligera y no te apresures a presentar tus asuntos delante de Dios. Después de todo, Dios está en el cielo, y tú estás aquí en la tierra. Por lo tanto, que sean pocas tus palabras.

3 Demasiada actividad trae pesadillas; demasiadas palabras te hacen necio.

4 Cuando le hagas una promesa a Dios, no tardes en cumplirla, porque a Dios no le agradan los necios. Cumple todas las promesas que le hagas.

5 Es mejor no decir nada que hacer promesas y no cumplirlas.