Ecclesiastes 7:16 - Revised Version 188516 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176916 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition16 Be not [morbidly exacting and externally] righteous overmuch, neither strive to make yourself [pretentiously appear] overwise–why should you [get puffed up and] destroy yourself [with presumptuous self-sufficiency]? See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)16 Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? See the chapterCommon English Bible16 Don’t be too righteous or too wise, or you may be dumbfounded. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version16 I also saw this, in the days of my vanity: a just man perishing in his justice, and an impious man living a long time in his malice. See the chapter |