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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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KJ21
For there is not a just man upon earth who doeth good and sinneth not.
ASV
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
AMP
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
AMPC
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth who does good and never sins.
BRG
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
CSB
There is certainly no one righteous on the earth who does good and never sins.
CSBA
There is certainly no one righteous on the earth who does good and never sins.
CEB
Remember: there’s no one on earth so righteous as to do good only and never make a mistake.
CJB
For there isn’t a righteous person on earth who does [only] good and never sins.
CEV
No one in this world always does right.
DARBY
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
DRA
Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
ERV
Surely there is no one on earth who always does good and never sins. But wisdom can make one person stronger than ten leaders in a city.
EASY
There is nobody on the earth who is so righteous that they always do what is right. There is nobody who never does a wrong thing.
EHV
There is surely not a righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin.
ESV
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
ESVUK
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
EXB
Surely there is not a ·good [righteous] person on earth who always does good and never sins [1 Kin. 8:46; Ps. 143:2; Prov. 20:9; Rom. 3:10–18].
GNV
It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdraw not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
GW
Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins.
GNT
There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.
HCSB
There is certainly no righteous man on the earth who does good and never sins.
ICB
Surely there is not a good man on earth who always does good and never sins.
ISV
For there is not a single righteous man on earth who practices good and does not sin.
JUB
For surely there is not a just man upon earth that in doing good does not sin.
KJV
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
AKJV
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
LSB
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.
LEB
Surely there is no one righteous on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
TLB
And there is not a single man in all the earth who is always good and never sins.
MSG
There’s not one totally good person on earth, Not one who is truly pure and sinless.
MEV
For there is not a righteous man on earth who only does good and refrains from sin.
NOG
Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins.
NABRE
yet there is no one on earth so just as to do good and never sin.
NASB
Indeed, there is not a righteous person on earth who always does good and does not ever sin.
NASB1995
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.
NCB
There is no one on earth who is so righteous that he does nothing but good and never sins.
NCV
Surely there is not a good person on earth who always does good and never sins.
NET
For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
NIRV
It is true that there isn’t anyone on earth who does only what is right and never sins.
NIV
Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.
NIVUK
Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.
NKJV
For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.
NLV
For sure there is not a right and good man on earth who always does good and never sins.
NLT
Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.
NRSVA
Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.
NRSVACE
Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.
NRSVCE
Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.
NRSVUE
Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.
OJB
For there is not a tzaddik upon earth, that doeth tov, and sinneth not [Ro 3:23].
RGT
It is good that you lay hold on this, but still not withdraw your hand from that. For he who fears God shall come forth from them all.
RSV
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
RSVCE
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
TLV
Surely there is not a righteous person on earth who does what is good and doesn’t sin.
VOICE
There is not a righteous person on earth who always does good and never sins.
WEB
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
WYC
Forsooth no just man there is in [the] earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. (But there is no righteous person in the earth who only, or who always, doeth good, and never sinneth.)
YLT
Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
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