11 Wisdom along with an inheritance is good,
And an (A)advantage to those who see the sun.
12 For (B)wisdom is [a]protection just as money is [b]protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that (C)wisdom keeps its possessors alive.
13 Consider the (D)work of God,
For who is (E)able to straighten what He has bent?
14 (F)On the day of prosperity be happy,
But (G)on the day of adversity consider:
God has made the one as well as the other
So that a person will (H)not discover anything that will come after him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Lit in a shadow
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Lit in a shadow

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