Verse List for ECC 12:11

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OET (OET-RV) The words of wise people can prod others along, ⇔ and they’re like nails holding things firm. ⇔ They’re all given by one shepherd.

OET-LV the_words/messages _of wise_people are_like_goads and_are_like_nails firmly _fixed masters _of collections they _are _given from_a _shepherd one.

ULT ⇔  The words of wise, people are like goads, and like nails implanted, are masters of collections. They are given by one Shepherd.

UST Wise people teach us and write to us in a way that provokes a change in one's thinking and lifestyle, just like the sharp tools that people use to spur large animals to move where they ought to. The inherited, written collections of the things that wise people have taught are as sharp and enduring as nails that someone firmly drives into a piece of wood. Ultimately, God is the one who gives humanity these wise insights into life.

BSB & MSB The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.[fn]

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

NET The words of the sages are like prods, ⇔ and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; ⇔ they are given by one shepherd.

LSV Words of the wise [are] as the goads, and as nails planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one Shepherd.

FBV The words of the wise are like cattle prods. Their collected sayings are like nails driven home, given by one shepherd.

T4T The things that I and other wise people say teach people what they should do; they are like [SIM] ◄goads/sharp sticks that people use to strike animals to direct where they should go►. They are like [SIM] nails that stick out of pieces of wood. They are given to us by God, who is like [MET] our shepherd.

LEB The words of the wise are like cattle goads; the collections of the sages are like pricks inflicted by one shepherd.[fn]

BBE The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

Moff A wise man’s words are like goads, and his collected sayings are Uke nails driven home; they put the mind of one man into many a life.

JPS The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.

ASV The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

DRA The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.

YLT Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.

Drby The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections [of them] as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.

RV The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

SLT The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails planted of the masters of the gatherings; they were given from one shepherd.

Wbstr The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

KJB-1769 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

KJB-1611 The wordes of the wise are as goads, and as nailes fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are giuen from one shepheard.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe, of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde.
(For the words of the wise are like prickes and nails that go through, of the auctoures of gatherings which are given of one shepherd.)

Gnva The wordes of the wise are like goads, and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies, which are giuen by one pastour.
(The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened by the masters of the assemblies, which are given by one pastour.)

Cvdl For the wordes of ye wyse are like prickes and nales that go thorow, wherwith men are kepte together: for they are geuen of one shepherde onely.
(For the words of ye/you_all wise are like prickes and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only.)

Wycl The wordis of wise men ben as prickis, and as nailis fastned deepe, whiche ben youun of o scheepherde bi the counsels of maistris.
(The words of wise men been as prickis, and as nails fastened deep, which been given of o shepherd by the councils of masterys.)

Luth Diese Worte der Weisen sind Spieße und Nägel, geschrieben durch die Meister der Versammlungen und von einem Hirten gegeben.
(This/These words the/of_the wise_(men) are pikes/spears and nails, written through the master the/of_the assemblies and from on shepherds given.)

ClVg Verba sapientium sicut stimuli, et quasi clavi in altum defixi, quæ per magistrorum consilium data sunt a pastore uno.[fn]
(Words wise like stimuli, and as_if clavi in/into/on high defixi, which through of_teachers advice data are from shepherd one.)

UHB דִּבְרֵ֤י חֲכָמִים֙ כַּ⁠דָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹת וּֽ⁠כְ⁠מַשְׂמְר֥וֹת נְטוּעִ֖ים בַּעֲלֵ֣י אֲסֻפּ֑וֹת נִתְּנ֖וּ מֵ⁠רֹעֶ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃ ‡

BrLXX Λόγοι σοφῶν ὡς τὰ βούκεντρα, καὶ ὡς ἧλοι πεφυτευμένοι, οἳ παρὰ τῶν συνθεμάτων ἐδόθησαν ἐκ ποιμένος ἑνός.

BrTr The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.