Ecclesiastes 5:6 in Bible

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Ecclesiastes 5:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
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?

American Standard Version (ASV)
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

Darby English Bible (DBY)
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

World English Bible (WEB)
Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

was
אַלʾalal
not
תִּתֵּ֤ןtittēntee-TANE
Suffer
אֶתʾetet

thy
פִּ֙יךָ֙pîkāPEE-HA
mouth
sin;
to
לַחֲטִ֣יאlaḥăṭîʾla-huh-TEE

cause
אֶתʾetet
to
thy
בְּשָׂרֶ֔ךָbĕśārekābeh-sa-REH-ha
flesh
וְאַלwĕʾalveh-AL
neither
תֹּאמַר֙tōʾmartoh-MAHR
say
before
לִפְנֵ֣יlipnêleef-NAY
thou
the
הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְhammalʾākha-mahl-AK
angel,
כִּ֥יkee
that
שְׁגָגָ֖הšĕgāgâsheh-ɡa-ɡA
error:
an
it
הִ֑יאhîʾhee
wherefore
לָ֣מָּהlāmmâLA-ma
be
angry
יִקְצֹ֤ףyiqṣōpyeek-TSOFE
should
God
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙hāʾĕlōhîmha-ay-loh-HEEM
at
עַלʿalal
voice,
thy
קוֹלֶ֔ךָqôlekākoh-LEH-ha
and
destroy
וְחִבֵּ֖לwĕḥibbēlveh-hee-BALE

אֶתʾetet
the
work
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaʿăśēma-uh-SAY
of
thine
hands?
יָדֶֽיךָ׃yādêkāya-DAY-ha