Ecclesiastes 7:17

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

KJV

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?before…: Heb. not in thy time?

WEB

Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

ASV

Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

LSV

Do not do much wrong, neither be a fool, why do you die within your time?

YLT

Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

DBY

Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

DRC7:18

Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

GNV7:19

Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

JPS

Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?

LXXE

Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest thou shouldest die before thy time.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תִּרְשַׁ֥ע הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְאַל־תְּהִ֣י סָכָ֑ל לָ֥מָּה תָמ֖וּת בְּלֹ֥א עִתֶּֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἀσεβήσῃς πολὺ, καὶ μὴ γίνου σκληρὸς, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνῃς ἐν οὐ καιρῷ σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 10:27The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
• Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Acts 5:5On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
• Acts 5:10At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
• 1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
• Job 15:32–33It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
• Genesis 38:7–10But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death. Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for…
• James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
• Ezekiel 8:17“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to…
• Jeremiah 2:33–34How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways. Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite…
• Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

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