Eclesiastés 5:3

3 Quien mucho se preocupa tiene pesadillas,y quien mucho habla dice tonterías.

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 Cuando vayas a la casa de Dios, cuida tus pasos y acércate a escuchar en vez de ofrecer sacrificio de necios, que ni conciencia tienen de que hacen mal.

2 No te apresures,ni con la boca ni con la mente,a proferir ante Dios palabra alguna;él está en el cielo y tú estás en la tierra.Mide, pues, tus palabras.

3 Quien mucho se preocupa tiene pesadillas,y quien mucho habla dice tonterías.

4 Cuando hagas un voto a Dios, no tardes en cumplirlo, porque a Dios no le agradan los necios. Cumple tus votos:

5 Vale más no hacer votosque hacerlos y no cumplirlos.