Ecclesiastes 7:25-27
English Standard Version Anglicised
25 (A)I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness. 26 And I find something more (B)bitter than death: (C)the woman whose heart is (D)snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but (E)the sinner is taken by her. 27 Behold, this is what I found, says (F)the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things—
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Ecclesiastes 7:25-27
New International Version
25 So I turned my mind to understand,
to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things(A)
and to understand the stupidity of wickedness
and the madness of folly.(B)
26 I find more bitter than death
the woman who is a snare,(C)
whose heart is a trap
and whose hands are chains.
The man who pleases God will escape her,
but the sinner she will ensnare.(D)
27 “Look,” says the Teacher,[a](E) “this is what I have discovered:
“Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things—
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:27 Or the leader of the assembly
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