the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Ecclesiastes 7:21
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Don’t pay attention to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,
Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you.
Also, do not take seriously all the words which are spoken, so that you do not hear your servant cursing you,
Don't listen to everything people say, or you might hear your servant insulting you.
Also, do not take seriously everything that is said, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you,
Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.
Also, do not give your heart to all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your slave cursing you.
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
Don't listen to everything that everyone says, or you might hear your servant cursing you.
Also, don't take seriously every word spoken, such as when you hear your servant speaking badly of you;
Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
Don't listen to everything people say. You might hear your own servant saying bad things about you.
Also take no heed of all words that are spoken by the wicked; neither listen to your servant when he curses you;
Don't pay attention to everything people say—you may hear your servant insulting you,
Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.
Also, do not give your heart to all the words they speak, that you not hear your servant cursing you.
Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee:
For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
But also yyue thou not thin herte to alle wordis, that ben seid; lest perauenture thou here thi seruaunt cursynge thee;
Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your slave curse you;
Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.
Also do not take to heart everything people say, Lest you hear your servant cursing you.
Don't eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you.
Do not listen to all the things that are said, or you might hear your servant cursing you.
Do not give heed to everything that people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you;
Moreover, not to all the words which men speak, do thou apply thy heart, - lest thou hear thine own servant reviling thee!
(7-22) But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
Do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you;
Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
Don't eavesdrop on the conversation of others. What if the gossip's about you and you'd rather not hear it? You've done that a few times, haven't you—said things Behind someone's back you wouldn't say to his face?
Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
take no heed: Heb. give not thine heart, 2 Samuel 19:19
unto: 2 Samuel 16:10, Isaiah 29:21, 1 Corinthians 13:5-7
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:9 - General Ecclesiastes 10:20 - thought
Cross-References
And God said vnto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before mee; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
And behold, I, euen I doe bring a flood of waters vpon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life from vnder heauen, and euery thing that is in the earth shall die.
Of fowles also of the aire, by seuens, the male & the female; to keepe seed aliue vpon the face of all the earth.
For yet seuen dayes, and I will cause it to raine vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and forty nights: and euery liuing substance that I haue made, will I destroy, fro off the face of the earth.
And Noah was sixe hundred yeeres old, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth.
And Noah went in, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him, into the Arke, because of the waters of the Flood.
And they went in vnto Noah into the Arke, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
And the Flood was fortie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters increased, and bare vp the Arke, and it was lift vp aboue the earth.
Fifteene cubits vpward, did the waters preuaile; and the mountaines were couered.
All in whose nosethrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken,.... Seeing so it is, that imperfection attends the best of men, no man is wise at all times, foolish words and unguarded expressions will sometimes drop from him, which it is better to take no notice of; they should not be strictly attended to, and closely examined, since they will not bear it. A man should not listen to everything that is said of himself or others; he should not curiously inquire what men say of him; and what he himself hears he should take no notice of; it is often best to let it pass, and not call it over again; to feign the hearing of a thing, or make as if you did not hear it; for oftentimes, by rehearsing a matter, or taking up words spoken, a deal of trouble and mischief follows; a man should not "give [his] heart" f to it, as it is in the Hebrew text; he should not give his mind to what is said of him, but be careless and indifferent about it; much less should he lay it up in his mind, and meditate revenge for it. The Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, restrain it to words spoken by wicked men, whose tongues are their own, and will say what they please; among these may be ranked, more especially, detractors, whisperers, backbiters, and talebearers, who should not be listened unto and encouraged; though there is no necessity of thus limiting the sense, which is more general, and may include what is said by any man, even good men, since they have their infirmities; it seems chiefly to have respect to defamatory words, by what follows;
lest thou hear thy servant curse thee; speak slightly, scoffingly, and reproachfully of thee, as Shimei of David; which must be very disagreeable and vexatious to hear from one so mean and abject, and who is dependent on him, earns his bread of him, and gets his livelihood in his service; and to whom, perhaps, he has been kind, and so is guilty of base ingratitude, which aggravates the more; or, if not, if what he says is just, to hear it must give great uneasiness.
f אל תתן לבך "ne des tuum cor", Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Curse ... cursed - Rather, speak evil of ... spoken evil of.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 21. Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken — This is good advice, and much for every man's peace through life.
Thy servant curse thee — מקללך mekallelecha, make light of thee, speak evil of thee.
