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Ecclesiastes 12:11

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11The sayings of the wise are like cattle prods,o and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails.p The sayings are given by one Shepherd.B

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Ecclesiastes 12:11: The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.

Footnotes

  1. BOr by a shepherd

Cross references

  1. oPr 1:6; 22:17
  2. pEzr 9:8; Is 22:23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.

NLTNew Living Translation

The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherd drives the sheep.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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