Ecc 5:2-3 | JFB | STEP | 2. rash —opposed to the considerate reverence ("keep thy foot," ). This verse illustrates , as to prayer in the house of God ("before God," ); so as to vows. The remedy to such vanities is stated ( ). "Fear thou God." God is in heaven —Therefore He ought to be approached with carefully weighed words, by thee, a frail creature of earth.

Ecclesiastes 5:2-3

2. rash—opposed to the considerate reverence ("keep thy foot," Ec 5:1). This verse illustrates Ec 5:1, as to prayer in the house of God ("before God," Isa 1:12); so Ec 5:4-6 as to vows. The remedy to such vanities is stated (Ec 5:6). "Fear thou God."

God is in heaven—Therefore He ought to be approached with carefully weighed words, by thee, a frail creature of earth.

3. As much "business," engrossing the mind, gives birth to incoherent "dreams," so many words, uttered inconsiderately in prayer, give birth to and betray "a fool's speech" (Ec 10:14), [HOLDEN and WEISS]. But Ec 5:7 implies that the "dream" is not a comparison, but the vain thoughts of the fool (sinner, Ps 73:20), arising from multiplicity of (worldly) "business." His "dream" is that God hears him for his much speaking (Mt 6:7), independently of the frame of mind [English Version and MAURER].

fool's voice—answers to "dream" in the parallel; it comes by the many "words" flowing from the fool's "dream."