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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

持守這個是好的，那個也不要放鬆，因為敬畏　神的人，都必避免這兩個極端。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 持 守 这 个 为 美 ， 那 个 也 不 要 松 手 ； 因 为 敬 畏 　 神 的 人 ， 必 从 这 两 样 出 来 。

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Wisdom is better when it comes with money. They both help those who are alive. ¹² Wisdom is like money: they both help. But wisdom is better, because it can save whoever has it. ¹³ Look at what God has done: No one can straighten what he has bent. ¹⁴ When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember: God gives good times and hard times, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring. ¹⁵ In my useless life I have seen both of these: I have seen good people die in spite of their goodness and evil people live a long time in spite of their evil. ¹⁶ Don't be too right, and don't be too wise. Why destroy yourself? ¹⁷ Don't be too wicked, and don't be foolish. Why die before your time? ¹⁸ It is good to grab the one and not let go of the other; those who honor God will hold them both. ¹⁹ Wisdom makes a person stronger than ten leaders in a city. ²⁰ Surely there is not a good person on earth who always does good and never sins.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

good: Ecclesiastes 11:6, Proverbs 4:25-27, Proverbs 8:20, Luke 11:42

for: Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Psalms 25:12-14, Psalms 145:19, Psalms 145:20, Jeremiah 32:40, Malachi 4:2, Luke 1:50

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:12 - from my youth Nehemiah 2:20 - The God Proverbs 12:13 - but Proverbs 14:26 - fear Proverbs 29:25 - whoso Proverbs 31:30 - she Ecclesiastes 2:3 - and to lay Ecclesiastes 5:7 - but Ecclesiastes 9:2 - as is Isaiah 56:2 - layeth Acts 10:2 - one

Cross-References

Exodus 14:28
The water returned, covering the chariots, chariot drivers, and all the king's army that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

Job 22:16
They were carried away before their time was up, and their foundations were washed away by a flood.

Psalms 69:15
Do not let the flood drown me or the deep water swallow me or the grave close its mouth over me.

Psalms 104:26
Ships travel over the ocean, and there is the sea monster Leviathan, which you made to play there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this,.... This advice, as the Arabic version, in the several branches of it; neither to be over much righteous or wicked, and over much wise or foolish; to avoid the one and the other, to keep clear of extremes, and pursue the path that is safest; such advice as this it is right to lay hold on, embrace, and hold fast;

yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand; from what follows concerning the fear of God; or "this [and] this" may be rendered "this [and] that" c, and the sense be, lay hold on this, that is, the last part of the advice, not to be over much wicked or foolish, which is often the cause of an immature death; and do not slacken or be remiss in regarding that other and first part of it, not to be over much righteous or wise;

for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all; or escape them all; the phrase is become Rabbinical, that, is, he shall be free or exempt from them all; from over much righteousness and over much wisdom, and over much wickedness or over much folly; the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom, is the best preservative from, and antidote against, these things; for a man that fears God is humble, and renounces his own righteousness, and distrusts his own wisdom; he fears to commit sin, and shuns folly.

c So Broughton, Rambachius, and others.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. It is good that thou shouldest take hold or this — Do not let such an observation slip: take hold of this; do not forget that. Get what you can in an honest way; but do not forget to get true religion; for he that fears God will be saved from all evil.