ECC 7:16 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Μὴ γίνου δίκαιος πολὺ, μηδὲ σοφίζου περισσὰ, μή ποτε ἐκπλαγῇς.
(Maʸ ginou dikaios polu, maʸde sofizou perissa, maʸ pote ekplagaʸs.)

ULT Do not be overly righteous,
⇔ and do not be exceedingly wise—
⇔ why should you be shocked?

UST So, you should not think that you can be so virtuous
⇔ that your moral virtue obligates God to give you a long and prosperous life.
⇔ Neither should you think that you can become so wise and live so well
⇔ that you can avoid anything painful in life.
⇔ If you were to think this way, you would only be astonished and devastated when undesirable things happen in your life.

BSB Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise;
⇔ otherwise you might be disappointed.

LSV Do not be over-righteous, nor show yourself too wise, why are you desolate?

FBV Don't think you can make yourself right by a lot of religious observance, and don't pretend to be so wise.[fn] Do you want to destroy yourself?[fn]

7:16 Literally, “You must not be righteous excessively, and you must not act wisely excessively.” The word “excessively” here refers to self-reliance rather than quantity.

7:16 In the sense of trying to make yourself right, and wise, by your own efforts.

T4T So do not think that you are very righteous
⇔ and do not think that you are very wise,
⇔ because if you think those things, you will destroy yourself.

LEB • Do not be excessively[fn] righteous,
• and do not act excessively wise, lest you destroy yourself.

7:? Or “abundantly”

BBE Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

Moff Be not over-good, be not over-wise; why expose yourself to trouble?

JPS Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

ASV Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

DRA These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.

YLT Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?

Drby Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

RV Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
(Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself/yourself over wise: why shouldest/should thou/you destroy thyself/yourself?)

SLT Thou shalt not be greatly just; and thou shalt not be exceedingly wise: wherefore wilt thou be made desolate?

Wbstr Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?

KJB-1769 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?[fn]
(Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself/yourself over wise: why shouldest/should thou/you destroy thyself/yourself?)

7.16 destroy…: Heb. be desolate?

KJB-1611 [fn]Be not righteous ouer much, neither make thy selfe ouer wise: why shouldest thou destroy thy selfe?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

7:16 Heb. be desolate?

Bshps Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse, that thou perishe not.
(Therefore be thou/you neither to righteous nor over wise, that thou/you perish not.)

Gnva In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.
(In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath/has made this contrary to that, to the intent that man should find nothing after him.)

Cvdl Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:
(Therefore be thou/you neither to righteous nor over wise, it thou/you perish not:)

Wycl Also Y siy these thingis in the daies of my natyuyte; a iust man perischith in his riytfulnesse, and a wickid man lyueth myche tyme in his malice.
(Also I saw these things in the days of my nativity/birth; a just man perischith in his rightfulness/righteousness, and a wicked man liveth/lives much time in his malice.)

Luth Sei nicht allzu gerecht und nicht allzu weise, daß du dich nicht verderbest!
(Be not all_too just/fair and not all_too wise, that you(sg) you/yourself not corrupts!)

ClVg Hæc quoque vidi in diebus vanitatis meæ: justus perit in justitia sua, et impius multo vivit tempore in malitia sua.
(This too I_saw in/into/on days vanity my: just perishes in/into/on justice his_own, and impious/ungodly much lives at_the_time in/into/on malice/vice his_own.)

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