Ecclesiastes 12:9
Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
In addition to being wise, the Teacher continually taught the people knowledge; he carefully considered, explored, and arranged many proverbs.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And moreover, bause the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And further,{H3148} because the Preacher{H6953} was wise,{H2450} he still taught{H3925} the people{H5971} knowledge;{H1847} yea, he pondered,{H239} and sought out,{H2713} [and] set in order{H8626} many{H7235} proverbs.{H4912}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And moreover{H3148}, because the preacher{H6953} was wise{H2450}, he still taught{H3925}{(H8765)} the people{H5971} knowledge{H1847}; yea, he gave good heed{H239}{(H8765)}, and sought out{H2713}{(H8765)}, and set in order{H8626}{(H8765)} many{H7235}{(H8687)} proverbs{H4912}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The same preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the groude and set forth many parables.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables:
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.
American Standard Version (1901)
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, `and' set in order many proverbs.
American Standard Version (1901)
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
World English Bible (2000)
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Concluding Epilogue: Qoheleth’s Advice is Wise Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.
- Prov 1:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel;
- Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Prov 25:1 : 1 These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
- 1 Kgs 8:12-21 : 12 Then Solomon spoke: The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 13 I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever. 14 And the king turned his face around and blessed all the congregation of Israel; (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your body, he shall build the house for my name. 20 And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
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10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.
11 The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.
12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
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12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.
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16 I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
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25 I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.
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16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),
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2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;
6 To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.
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27 Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one to find out the sum.
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12 I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
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2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
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16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.
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26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.
15 So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."
16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.
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9 So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.
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19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
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27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, indeed, he searched it out.
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3 I searched in my heart to give myself to wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what is good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.
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19 Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men in the city.
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23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
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8 For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.
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9 They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
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23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
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24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.