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Ecclesiastes 7:10-13
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 7:10-13
English Standard Version
10 Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
an advantage to those who (A)see the sun.
12 For the protection of wisdom is like (B)the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that (C)wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Consider (D)the work of God:
(E)who can make straight what he has made crooked?
Ecclesiastes 7:10-13
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:10-13
New International Version
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days(A) better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions.
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing(B)
and benefits those who see the sun.(C)
12 Wisdom is a shelter
as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
Wisdom preserves those who have it.
13 Consider what God has done:(D)
Who can straighten
what he has made crooked?(E)
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