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Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Epilogue
9 Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.(A) 10 The Teacher sought to find pleasing words, and he wrote words of truth plainly.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
Lexham English Bible
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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- Ecclesiastes 12:9 Hebrew “Qohelet”
- Ecclesiastes 12:10 Hebrew “Qohelet”
- Ecclesiastes 12:10 Hebrew “words of delight”
- 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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