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Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
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Epilogue

9 And in addition to being wise, the Preacher still taught the people knowledge, and he considered, sought out, and arranged many proverbs. 10 And the Preacher sought to discover words of delight, and to write in uprightness words of truth.

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Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
Lexham English Bible

Epilogue

9 The Teacher[a] was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them. 10 The Teacher[b] sought to find delightful words,[c] and he wrote[d] what is upright—truthful words.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:9 Hebrew “Qohelet”
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:10 Hebrew “Qohelet”
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:10 Hebrew “words of delight”
  4. Ecclesiastes 12:10 The MT reads the term passively, “what is written,” but an alternate textual tradition reads, “and he wrote”
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