Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge;
Have not I written to thee excellent things In counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written to you [long ago] excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings full of advice and knowledge?
Behold, I have written it for you in three ways, and with meditations and knowledge,
Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.
Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing.