20 There is certainly no righteous man on the earth
who does good and never sins.(A)

21 Don’t pay attention[a] to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,(B) 22 for you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:21 Lit Don’t give your heart

20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,(A)
    no one who does what is right and never sins.(B)

21 Do not pay attention to every word people say,
    or you(C) may hear your servant cursing you—
22 for you know in your heart
    that many times you yourself have cursed others.

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