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Ecclesiastes 8:1

Keep the King’s Command

Who is like the wise?

And who knows the interpretation of a thing?

zA man’s wisdom makes his face shine,

and athe hardness of his face is changed.

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Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

Who is like the wise?

Who knows the explanation of things?

A person’s wisdom brightens their face

and changes its hard appearance.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

How wonderful to be wise,

to analyze and interpret things.

Wisdom lights up a person’s face,

softening its harshness.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing?

A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,

And the sternness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

No one is like the wise person

who can understand what things mean.

Wisdom brings happiness;

it makes sad faces happy.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Who is really wise? Who knows how to explain things? Wisdom makes one’s face shine, and it changes one’s grim look. 

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Who is like the wise man?

And who knows the interpretation of a thing?

Wisdom makes one’s face shine,

and the hardness of one’s countenance is changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Who is like the sage?

Who knows the interpretation of a thing?

A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,

and the hardness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Who is like a wise man?

Who knows how to explain things?

Wisdom makes a man’s face bright.

It softens the look on his face.

Ecclesiastes 8:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.


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