The Limits of Human Wisdom
Ecclesiastes 7:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- KJV
- For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- WEB
- for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
- ASV
- for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- LSV
- For many times also has your heart known that you yourself have also reviled others.
- YLT
- For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
- DBY
- For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- DRC7:23
- For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
- GNV7:24
- For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
- JPS
- for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- LXXE
- For many times he shall trespass against thee, and repeatedly shall he afflict thine heart; for thus also hast thou cursed others.
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- Written (Ketiv): אַתְּ (“you”). Read aloud (Qere): אַתָּ֖ה (“you”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אַתָּ֖; read aloud (Qere) reads אַתָּ֖ה (“you”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּ֛י גַּם־פְּעָמִ֥ים רַבּ֖וֹת יָדַ֣ע לִבֶּ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גַּם־את קִלַּ֥לְתָּ אֲחֵרִֽים׃Read aloud as (qere): אַתָּ֖ה
- LXX-Br
- Ὅτι πλειστάκις πονηρεύσεταί σε, καὶ καθόδους πολλὰς κακώσει καρδίαν σου, ὅτι ὡς καί γε σὺ κατηράσω ἑτέρους.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- James 3:9With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- Matthew 18:32–35Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’ In anger his master turned him…
- John 8:7–9When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.” And again He bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard…
- 1 Kings 2:44The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:23 in some Bibles
- 7:22 in most Bibles
- Content check: text matches KJV Eccl.7.22 (word overlap 0.78), not Eccl.7.24 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Eccl.7.24 (TVTMS action was 'identity').