Discuss Ecclesiastes 5 Page 3

In this chapter 5, I think we should worship God in truth and in spirit, because God is not mocked. Fast to hear and not fast to speak. Eat enough and enjoy the fruit of your labour.

Lois, Andre. This is a very practical chapter about hard work and labour. I believe the correct meaning to verse 3 is this; The wisest man that ever lived explains to us that the only way one can achieve a "dream" or a desire in life is through a "multitude" or much hard work (business) and not through just talking too much (verse 2), "...therefore let thy words be few". In contrast, the foolish man is known for not working hard, talking too much, and not getting too far. Basically "all talk, no action". Hope this helps. MBK

@ Lois,
''For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.''
It simply means that the more you concentrate on something, the more likely you are to get a dream out of it. Because as mind continues to function even when we are sleeping, thoughts that we had before sleeping will remain present in our mind and are more likely to become a dream.
I believe this helps.
GOD bless you

I would like to know if someone could tell me what verse 3 means. thank you

For the fact that I engaged in something productive during the day, God will reward me with a pleasant rest for he gives his beloved sleep Psm127:2c

Verses 1-7, tells us that we should honor God in all things. We should be careful with the words spoken from our hearts that comes out of our mouths. We should never promise God something and fail to perform it. Our God knows everything, he knew when we made the vow to him that we would not keep it. I thought of all of us this New Year. We will make vows to God and not honor them. We don't have to do that, just asked the Lord for HELP this coming year and always and he will do it. You didn't make a vow that you didn't /or couldn't keep. You asked your father for help in this coming year and he will complete it!