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Ecclesiastes 7:8

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7:8The end of a matter31 is better than its beginning;

likewise, patience32 is better than pride.33

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Footnotes

  1. 31 The term דָבָר (davar) denotes “matter; thing” here rather than “speech; word,” as the parallelism with “patience” suggests. The term was misunderstood as “speech; word” by the (so also ).
  2. 32 Heb “the patient of spirit.”
  3. 33 Heb “the proud of spirit.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,

and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The end of a matter is better than its beginning,

and patience is better than pride.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;

a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Finishing is better than starting.

Patience is better than pride.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;

better to be slow to anger than hot-headed.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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