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Ecclesiastes 7:16

16 Do not be excessively arighteous and do not bbe overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?

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Ecclesiastes 7:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 Do not be overrighteous,

neither be overwise—

why destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 So don’t be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 Do not be overly righteous,

Nor be overly wise:

Why should you destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 Don’t be too right,

and don’t be too wise.

Why destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 Don’t be too virtuous, and don’t be too wise. Why make yourself miserable?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 Do not be too righteous, and do not act too wise; why should you destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 Do not be excessively righteous,

and do not act excessively wise, lest you destroy yourself.

Ecclesiastes 7:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 Don’t claim to be better than you are.

And don’t claim to be wiser than you are.

Why destroy yourself?


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