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Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
New English Translation

21 Also, do not pay attention to everything that people[a] say;
otherwise,[b] you might even hear[c] your servant cursing you.
22 For you know in your own heart[d]
that you also have cursed others many times.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:21 tn Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:21 tn Heb “so that you do not hear…”; or “lest you hear….”
  3. Ecclesiastes 7:21 tn The imperfect tense verb תִשְׁמַע (tishmaʿ; from שָׁמַע [shamaʿ, “to hear”]) functions in a modal sense, denoting possibility: “you might hear” (see IBHS 508 §31.4e).
  4. Ecclesiastes 7:22 tn Heb “your heart knows.”
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