Ecclesiastes 5:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

Young's Literal Translation
Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

King James Bible
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be hasty
תְּבַהֵ֨ל (tə·ḇa·hêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

speak,
פִּ֜יךָ (pî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and do not let your heart
וְלִבְּךָ֧ (wə·lib·bə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

be
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

hasty
יְמַהֵ֛ר (yə·ma·hêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

to utter
לְהוֹצִ֥יא (lə·hō·w·ṣî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

a word
דָבָ֖ר (ḏā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

before
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

God.
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

After all,
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

God
הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

is in heaven
בַּשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (baš·šā·ma·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and you
וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

earth.
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

So
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

let your words
דְבָרֶ֖יךָ (ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

be
יִהְי֥וּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

few.
מְעַטִּֽים׃ (mə·‘aṭ·ṭîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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