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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי בא החלום ברב ענין וקול כסיל ברב דברים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky bA hKHlvm brb `nyn vqvl ksyl brb dbrym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
si quid vovisti Deo ne moreris reddere displicet enim ei infidelis et stulta promissio sed quodcumque voveris redde

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For a dream comes through much business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
New King James Version   
For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool’s voice is known by his many words.
21st Century King James Version   
For a dream cometh through a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice is known by a multitude of words.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
Darby Bible Translation   
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.
God's Word   
Daydreaming comes when there are too many worries. Careless speaking comes when there are too many words.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For dreams result from much work and a fool's voice from many words.
International Standard Version   
Too many worries lead to nightmares, and a fool is known from talking too much.
NET Bible   
Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.
New American Standard Bible   
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
New International Version   
A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool.
New Living Translation   
Too much activity gives you restless dreams; too many words make you a fool.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.
The World English Bible   
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
EasyEnglish Bible   
If you worry about many things, you will have many dreams. If you talk too much, you will say foolish things.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
New Life Version   
For a dream comes with much work, and the voice of a fool comes with many words.
The Voice Bible   
For just as busyness breeds restless dreams, so wordiness reveals the voice of a fool.
Living Bible   
As you enter the Temple, keep your ears open and your mouth shut! Don’t be a fool who doesn’t even realize it is sinful to make rash promises to God, for he is in heaven and you are only here on earth, so let your words be few. Just as being too busy gives you nightmares, so being a fool makes you a blabbermouth.
New Catholic Bible   
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill the vow you have made.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For the dream comes through abundant endeavor and the voice of a fool through abundant words.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For out of much preoccupation comes the dream, and the voice of the fool out of a multitude of words.
Christian Standard Bible   
Just as dreams accompany much labor, so also a fool’s voice comes with many words.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For a dream comes with much business and painful effort, and a fool’s voice with many words.
New Century Version   
The saying is true: Bad dreams come from too much worrying, and too many words come from foolish people.
The Message   
Overwork makes for restless sleep. Overtalk shows you up as a fool.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
As too much busyness leads to dreams, too many words lead to foolish talk.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.
Good News Translation®   
The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
Wycliffe Bible   
Dreams follow many busynesses, and folly shall be found in many words.
Contemporary English Version   
If you keep thinking about something, you will dream about it. If you talk too much, you will say the wrong thing.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Remember: Dreams come with many cares, and the voice of fools with many words.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of the fool through many words.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For a dream comes with much busyness, and a fool's voice with many words.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
When you make a vow to God, delay not its fulfillment. For God has no pleasure in fools; fulfill what you have vowed.
New American Standard Bible   
For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of a fool through many words.
The Expanded Bible   
Dreams come from too much ·worrying [or work], and too many words come from foolish people.
Tree of Life Version   
When you swear a vow to God, don’t delay in fulfilling it. For He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow!
Revised Standard Version   
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.
New International Reader's Version   
Many worries result in dreams. Many words result in foolish talk.
BRG Bible   
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
Complete Jewish Bible   
If you make a vow to God, don’t delay in discharging it. For God takes no pleasure in fools, so discharge your vow!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
As by a multitude of cares cometh a chalom, so by a multitude of dvarim cometh the kol kesil (the voice of the fool).
Names of God Bible   
Daydreaming comes when there are too many worries. Careless speaking comes when there are too many words.
Modern English Version   
For a dream comes when there is a great burden, and a foolish voice when there are many words.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Bad dreams come from too many worries, and too many words come from the mouth of a fool.
International Children’s Bible   
The saying is true: Bad dreams come from too much worrying. So too many words come from foolish people.
Lexham English Bible   
For a dream comes with many cares, and the voice of a fool with many words.
New International Version - UK   
A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool.