Ecclesiastes 12:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² And furthermore, 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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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

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

John 20:31

but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.

John 21:25

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.

John 5:39

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;