God’s Word Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:22
22Your conscience knows that you have cursed others many times.
Ecclesiastes 7:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- New International Version (NIV)for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For many times, also, your own heart has known That even you have cursed others.
Context of Ecclesiastes 7:22
20Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins. 21Don’t take everything that people say to heart, or you may hear your own servant cursing you. Your conscience knows that you have cursed others many times. 23I used wisdom to test all of this. I said, “I want to be wise, but it is out of my reach.” 24Whatever wisdom may be, it is out of reach. It is deep, very deep. Who can find out what it is?
Read all of Ecclesiastes 7Ecclesiastes 7:22 word by word
כִּ֛י גַּם־פְּעָמִ֥ים רַבּ֖וֹת יָדַ֣ע לִבֶּ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גַּם־אַתָּ֖ה קִלַּ֥לְתָּ אֲחֵרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:22
- 1 Kings 2:44Shimei, you know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. The Lord is going to pay you back for the evil you have done.
- Matthew 15:19Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, ⌞other⌟ sexual sins, stealing, lying, and cursing come from within.
- Matthew 18:32“Then his master sent for him and said to him, ‘You evil servant! I canceled your entire debt, because you begged me.
- John 8:7When they persisted in asking him questions, he straightened up and said, “The person who is sinless should be the first to throw a stone at her.”
- James 3:9With our tongues we praise our Lord and Father. Yet, with the same tongues we curse people, who were created in God’s likeness.
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Thou thyself - hast cursed others - קללת kalalta, thou hast spoken evil; hast vilified others. O, who is free from evil speaking, from uncharitable speaking; from detailing their neighbor's faults, from whispering, talebearing, and backbiting? Do not wonder if God, in his justice, permit thee to be calumniated, seeing thou hast so frequently calumniated others. See my discourse on Psalm 15:1-5; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea better. It shelters from the storms and scorching heat of trouble. Wealth will not lengthen out the natural life; but true wisdom will give spiritual life, and strengthen men for services under their sufferings. Let us look upon the disposal of our condition as the work of God, and at last all will appear to have been for the best. In acts of righteousness, be not carried into heats or passions, no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22It is good to forgive and be kind when others make mistakes or say something wrong.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. (1Ki 2:44).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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