Ecclesiastes 7:21

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

KJV

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:take…: Heb. give not thine heart

WEB

Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

ASV

Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

LSV

Also to all the words that they speak do not give your heart, that you do not hear your servant reviling you.

YLT

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

DBY

Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

DRC7:22

But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.

GNV7:23

Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.

JPS

Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

LXXE

Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest thou hear thy servant cursing thee.

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WLC

גַּ֤ם לְכָל־הַדְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ אַל־תִּתֵּ֖ן לִבֶּ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־תִשְׁמַ֥ע אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֖ מְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Καί γε εἰς πάντας λόγους οὓς λαλήσουσιν ἀσεβεῖς, μὴ θῇς καρδίαν σου, ὅπως μὴ ἀκούσῃς τοῦ δούλου σου καταρωμένου σε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 30:10Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
• Isaiah 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
• 2 Samuel 16:10But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
• 1 Corinthians 13:5–7It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,…
• 2 Samuel 19:19and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

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