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" (Ecclesiastes 10:14). (Holden and Hengstenberg.) But Ecclesiastes 5:7 implies that the "dream" is not a comparison, but the vain thoughts of the fool (sinner) (Psalms 73:20), arising from multiplicity of (worldly) "business." His "dream" is, that God hears him for his much speaking (Matthew 6:7), 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."