Home / Ecclesiastes / Ecclesiastes 7:16 Ecclesiastes 7:16 Ecclesiastes 7:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
16 Do not be overrighteous,
neither be overwise—
why destroy yourself?
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16 Do not be excessively righteous, and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?
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16 Do not be excessively righteous [like those given to self-conceit], and do not be overly wise (pretentious)—why should you bring yourself to ruin?
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16 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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16 Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
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16 In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.
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16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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16 Don’t claim to be better than you are.
And don’t claim to be wiser than you are.
Why destroy yourself?
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16 So do not try to be too good or too wise.
That might cause you to have trouble.
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16 Do not be over-righteous, nor show yourself too wise, why are you desolate?
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