Font Size
Ecclesiastes 5:6
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:6
New International Version
6 Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands?
Ecclesiastes 5:6
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:6
King James Version
6 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?
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 5:6
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:6
New King James Version
6 Do not let your (A)mouth cause your flesh to sin, (B)nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your [a]excuse and destroy the work of your hands?
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit. voice
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.