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Ecclesiastes 7 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Wisdom and Foolishness Contrasted

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:1

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A good H2896 name H8034 is better H2896 than H4480 good H2896 [fn]oil H8081,

And the day H3117 of one’s death H4194 is better than H4480 the day H3117 of one’s birth H3205.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:2

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It is better H2896 to go H1980 to a house H1004 of mourning H60

Than H4480 to go H1980 to a house H1004 of feasting H4960,

Because H834 [fn]that is the end H5490 of every H3605 person H120,

And the living H2416 [fn]takes H5414 it to [fn]heart H3820.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

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Sorrow H3708 is better H2896 than H4480 laughter H7814,

For when a face H6440 is sad H7455 a heart H3820 may be H3190 happy H3190.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:4

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The [fn]mind H3820 of the wise H2450 is in the house H1004 of mourning H60,

While the [fn]mind H3820 of fools H3684 is in the house H1004 of pleasure H8057.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:5

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It is better H2896 to listen H8085 to the rebuke H1606 of a wise H2450 person H2450

Than H4480 for one H376 to listen H8085 to the song H7892 of fools H3684.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

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For as the [fn]crackling H6963 of thorn H5518 bushes H5518 under H8478 a pot H5518,

So H3651 is the laughter H7814 of the fool H3684;

And this H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:7

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For oppression H6233 makes H1984 a wise H2450 person H2450 look H1984 foolish H1984,

And a bribe H4979 [fn]corrupts H6 the heart H3820.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:8

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The end H319 of a matter H1697 is better H2896 than H4480 its beginning H7225;

Patience H750 of spirit H7307 is better H2896 than H4480 arrogance H1364 of spirit H7307.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

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Do not be [fn]eager H926 in your spirit H7307 to be angry H3707,

For anger H3708 resides H5117 in the [fn]heart H2436 of fools H3684.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:10

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Do not say H559, “Why H4100 is it that the former H7223 days H3117 were better H2896 than H4480 these H428?”

For it is not from wisdom H2451 that you ask H7592 about H5921 this H2088.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:11

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Wisdom H2451 along H5973 with H5973 an inheritance H5159 is good H2896,

And an advantage H3148 to those who see H7200 the sun H8121.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:12

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For wisdom H2451 is [fn]protection H6738 just as money H3701 is [fn]protection H6738,

But the advantage H3504 of knowledge H1847 is that wisdom H2451 keeps H2421 its possessors H1167 alive H2421.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:13

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Consider H7200 the work H4639 of God H430,

For who H4310 is H3201 able H3201 to straighten H8626 what H834 He has bent H5791?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:14

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On the day H3117 of prosperity H2896 be happy H2896,

But on the day H3117 of adversity H7451 consider H7200:

God H430 has made H6213 the one H2088 as well H5980 as the other H2088

So H5921 H1700 that H5921 H1700 a person H120 will not discover H4672 anything H3972 that will come after H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 -

I have seen H7200 everything H3605 during my [fn]lifetime H3117 of futility H1892; there H3426 is H3426 a righteous H6662 person H6662 who perishes H6 in his righteousness H6664, and there H3426 is H3426 a wicked H7563 person H7563 who prolongs H748 his life in his wickedness H7451.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:16 - Do not be excessively H7235 righteous H6662, and do not be H2449 overly H3148 wise H2449. Why H4100 should you ruin H8074 yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:17 - Do not be H7561 excessively H7235 wicked H7561, and do not be foolish H5530. Why H4100 should you die H4191 [fn]before H3808 your time H6256?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is good H2896 that you grasp H270 one H2088 thing H2088 while H1571 not [fn]letting H5117 H3027 go H5117 H3027 of the other H2088; for one who fears H3372 God H430 comes H3318 out H3318 with [fn]both H3605 of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:19

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Wisdom H2451 strengthens H5810 a wise H2450 person H2450 more H4480 than H4480 ten H6235 rulers H7989 who H834 are in a city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:20 - Indeed H3588, there H369 is H369 not H369 a righteous H6662 person H120 on earth H776 who H834 always does H6213 good H2896 and does not ever sin H2398.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Also H1571, do not [fn]take H5414 seriously H3820 all H3605 the words H1697 which H834 are spoken H1696, so H834 that you do not hear H8085 your servant H5650 cursing H7043 you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - for [fn]you know H3045 that even H1571 you have cursed H7043 others H312 many H7227 times H6471 as H1571 well H1571.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:23

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I tested H5254 all H3605 this H2090 with wisdom H2451, and I said H559, “I will be H2449 wise H2449,” but wisdom was far H7350 from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:24 - What H4100 has been H1961 is remote H7350 and very H6013 [fn]mysterious H6013. Who H4310 can discover H4672 it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I [fn]directed H5437 my [fn]mind H3820 to know H3045 and to investigate H8446, and to seek H1245 wisdom H2451 and an explanation H2808, and to know H3045 the evil H7562 of foolishness H3689 and the foolishness H3689 of insanity H1947.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I discovered H4672 as more H4480 bitter H4751 than H4480 death H4194 the woman H802 whose H834 heart H3820 is snares H4685 and nets H2764, whose hands H3027 are chains H612. One H2896 who is pleasing H2896 to God H430 will escape H4422 from her, but the sinner H2398 will be captured H3920 by her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:27

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“Behold H7200, I have discovered H4672 this H2088,” says H559 the Preacher H6953, “by adding one H259 thing H259 to another H259 to find H4672 an explanation H2808,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - which H834 [fn]I am still H5750 seeking H1245 but have not found H4672. I have found H4672 one H259 man H120 among H4480 a thousand H505, but I have not found H4672 a woman H802 among all H3605 these H428.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:29 - “Behold H7200, I have found H4672 only H905 this H2088, that God H430 made H6213 people H120 upright H3477, but they have sought H1245 out H1245 many H7227 schemes H2810.”
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NASB20 Footnotes
I.e., olive oil
I.e., death
Lit gives
Lit his heart
Lit heart
Lit heart
Lit voice
Lit destroys
Lit hasty
Lit chest
Lit in a shadow
Lit in a shadow
Lit days
Lit when not your time
Lit resting your hand
Lit all of them
Lit give your heart to
Lit your heart knows
Lit deep
Lit turned about
Lit heart
Lit my soul still seeks
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