Ecclesiastes 12:11

In 11 translations

BSB

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.Or shepherd

KJV

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

WEB

The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

ASV

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

LSV

Words of the wise [are] as the goads, and as nails planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one Shepherd.

YLT

Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.

DBY

The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections [of them] as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.

DRC

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

GNV

The wordes of the wise are like goads, and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies, which are giuen by one pastour.

JPS

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.

LXXE

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

דִּבְרֵ֤י חֲכָמִים֙ כַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹת וּֽכְמַשְׂמְר֥וֹת נְטוּעִ֖ים בַּעֲלֵ֣י אֲסֻפּ֑וֹת נִתְּנ֖וּ מֵרֹעֶ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃

LXX-Br

Λόγοι σοφῶν ὡς τὰ βούκεντρα, καὶ ὡς ἧλοι πεφυτευμένοι, οἳ παρὰ τῶν συνθεμάτων ἐδόθησαν ἐκ ποιμένος ἑνός.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• Jeremiah 23:29“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
• Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
• Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
• Proverbs 1:6by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
• John 3:10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
• Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
• Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
• Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
• Isaiah 22:23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
• Psalms 23:1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
• John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
• 1 Peter 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
• Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

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