Ecclesiastes 7:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²¹ Do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Do not give heed to everything that is said, lest you hear your servant cursing you–

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

Common English Bible

²¹ Don’t worry about all the things people say, so you don’t hear your servant cursing you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But there is no just man on earth, who does good and does not sin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

Ecclesiastes 7:21 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

2 Samuel 19:19

and said to the king, “Let not my lord hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem; let not the king bear it in mind.

Proverbs 30:10

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

your heart knows that many times you have yourself cursed others.

Isaiah 29:21

who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.

1 Samuel 10:27

But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.