Ecclesiastes 5:6

English Standard Version

6 Let not your mouth lead you[1] into sin, and do not say before the messenger[2] that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? (Nu 15:25; Ec 10:5; 1Co 11:10) 

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? 

New International Reader’s Version

6 Don’t let your mouth cause you to sin. Don’t say to the temple messenger, ‘My promise was a mistake.’ Why should God be angry with what you say? Why should he destroy what you have done? 

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? 

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