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Ecclesiastes 5:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 6 Do not allow your mouth to cause you* to sin,+ and do not say before the angel* that it was a mistake.+ Why make the true God indignant over what you say so that he has to destroy the work of your hands?+

Ecclesiastes 5:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 6 Do not allow your mouth to cause you* to sin,+ and do not say before the angel* that it was a mistake.+ Why make the true God indignant over what you say so that he has to destroy the work of your hands?+

Ecclesiastes 5:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 6 Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin,*+ neither say before the angel*+ that it was a mistake.+ Why should the [true] God become indignant on account of your voice and have to wreck the work of your hands?+

Ecclesiastes 5:6

The Bible in Living English
- 6 ** Do not permit your mouth to bring your flesh into sin, and do not say before the angel that it was unintentional; why should God be incensed at your voice and ruin the work of your hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:6

American Standard Version
- 6 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?

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?