Ecclesiastes 5:6
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?
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Practical wisdom about religious devotion: guard your steps when entering the house of God, let your words be few, and do not delay fulfilling vows. Qohelet observes that wealth hoarded or lost in bad ventures does not satisfy, and that …
תרגומים נוספים
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 thy hands?
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it <FI>is<Fi> an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?
Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.
הפניות צולבות
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and …
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that …
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from …
And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of …
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and …
And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be …
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give …
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for …
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in …
Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.