Ecclesiastes 7:20
18 It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
19 Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21 Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
22 For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- KJV
- For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
- WEB
- Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
- ASV
- Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
- DARBY
- Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
- BLB
- For [there is] not a righteous man on the earth who does good and does not sin.
- ÅB
- for det finnes ikke et rettferdig menneske på jorden, som bare gjør godt og aldri synder.
- OTB
- Sannelig, det er ingen på jorden som er fullkomment rettferdig, ingen som alltid gjør det som er rett og aldri synder.
- B1930
- for det finnes ikke et rettferdig menneske på jorden, som bare gjør godt og aldri synder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Read in contextIsaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Read in context1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Read in contextJames 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
Read in contextProverbs 20:9
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
Read in context1 Kings 8:46
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
Read in contextJob 15:14–16
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Read in contextIsaiah 64:6
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
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