Ecclesiastes 7:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁰ Don’t say, ‘Why were the former days better than these? ’ since it is not wise of you to ask this.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Do not say, Why were the old days better than these? For it is not wise or because of wisdom that you ask this.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Don’t ask, “How is it that the former days were better than these?” because it isn’t wise to ask this.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Do not be quickly moved to anger. For anger resides in the sinews of the foolish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

Ecclesiastes 7:10 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance and an advantage to those who see the sun,

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.

Judges 6:13

Gideon said to him, ‘Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about? They said, “Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt? ” But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.’