Ecclesiastes 7:25 - Easy To Read Version I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. \{What did I learn?\} I learned that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a foolish person. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I turned about [penitent] and my heart was set to know and to search out and to seek [true] wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness [and what had led me into such wickedness and madness]. American Standard Version (1901) I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness. Common English Bible I turned my mind to know, to investigate, and to seek wisdom, along with an account of things, to know that wickedness is foolishness and folly is madness. Catholic Public Domain Version so much more than it was before. Wisdom is very profound, so who shall reveal her? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out? |
In the fields, Jacob’s sons heard the news about what happened. They were very angry when they heard this. They were mad because Shechem had brought shame to Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter. The brothers came in from the fields as soon as they heard about the terrible thing Shechem had done.
Tamar said to Amnon, “No, brother! Don’t force me to do this! Don’t do this shameful thing! Terrible things like this should never be done in Israel!
It is very dangerous to meet a mother bear that is angry because her cubs are stolen. But that is better than to meet a fool that is busy doing his foolishness.
A dog eats food. Then he gets sick and vomits. Then the dog eats that food again. It is the same with a foolish person. He does the same foolish things again and again.
A foolish person begins by saying foolish things. In the end, he is saying crazy things.
No person can do more than a king can do. Some king has already done anything you might want to do. {\cf2\super [9]} \{And I learned that even the things a king does are a waste of time.\} So I again began to think about being wise, being foolish, and doing crazy things.
I thought to myself, “The same thing that happens to a foolish person will also happen to me. So why have I tried so hard to become wise?” I said to myself, “Being wise is also useless.”
“Now go and make the people pure. Tell the people, ‘Make yourselves pure. Prepare for tomorrow. The Lord God of Israel says that some people are keeping things that he commanded to be destroyed. You will never be able to defeat your enemies until you throw away those things.