Ecclesiastes 12:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Of anything beyond these, my child, beware. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But about going further [than the words given by one Shepherd], my son, be warned. Of making many books there is no end [so do not believe everything you read], and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Common English Bible

¹² Be careful, my child, of anything beyond them! There’s no end to the excessive production of scrolls. Studying too much wearies the body.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² You should require no more than this, my son. For there is no end to the making of many books. And excessive study is an affliction to the flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 Cross References

1 Kings 4:32

He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

John 21:25

But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

John 5:39

“You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that testify on my behalf.