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Ecclesiastes 5:3

WEB

3For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

KJV

3For a dream[+] cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

BSB

3As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

FBV

3When you worry too much, you get nightmares; when you talk too much, you say foolish things.

Extra References

Proverbs 15:2

2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.

Proverbs 10:19

19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14

12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. 13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

Job 11:2

2“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?