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Ecclesiastes 7:21–22

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7:21Also, do not pay attention to everything that people69 say;

otherwise,70 you might even hear71 your servant cursing you.

7:22For you know in your own heart72

that you also have cursed others many times.

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Footnotes

  1. 69 Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 70 Heb “so that you do not hear …”; or “lest you hear.…”
  3. 71 The imperfect tense verb תִשְׁמַע (tishma’; from שָׁמַע [shama’, “to hear”]) functions in a modal sense, denoting possibility: “you might hear” (see 508 §31.4e).
  4. 72 Heb “your heart knows.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not pay attention to every word people say,

or you may hear your servant cursing you—

for you know in your heart

that many times you yourself have cursed others.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t pay attention to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you, for in your heart you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you. For you know how often you yourself have cursed others.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not pay attention to everything people say,

lest you hear your own servant curse you.

For your heart knows

that you also have cursed others many times.

KJV 1900King James Version

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.