Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

For a dream cometh ... business. 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" (). (Holden and Hengstenberg.) But implies that the "dream" is not a comparison, but the vain thoughts of the fool (sinner) (), arising from multiplicity of (worldly) "business." His "dream" is, that God hears him for his much speaking (), independently of the frame of mind. "Fool's voice" answers to "dream" in the parallel; it comes by the many "words" flowing from the fool's "dream." "Multitude of words" is parallel to "multitude of business."