Ecclesiastes 7:20
18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 come short of the glory of God;
Read in contextIsaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Read in context1 John 1:8–10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Read in contextJames 3:2
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Read in contextProverbs 20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Read in context1 Kings 8:46
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
Read in contextJob 15:14–16
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Read in contextIsaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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