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Epilogue
9 The Teacher[fn] was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them. 10 The Teacher[fn] sought to find delightful words,[fn] and he wrote[fn] what is upright—truthful words.
11 The words of the wise are like cattle goads; the collections of the sages are like pricks inflicted by one shepherd.[fn] 12 My son, be careful ⌊about anything beyond these things⌋.[fn] For the writing of books is endless, and too much study ⌊is wearisome⌋.[fn]
12:9 Hebrew “Qohelet”
12:10 Hebrew “Qohelet”
12:10 Hebrew “words of delight”
12:10 The MT reads the term passively, “what is written,” but an alternate textual tradition reads, “and he wrote”
12:11 Or “The owner of collections are given by one shepherd”
12:12 Literally “but from more than them”
12:12 Literally “increases weariness of flesh”