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Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 7:10 · Bible in Basic English
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Ecclesiastes 7:10 in other translations
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
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In context
7 The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
8 The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
9 Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
13 Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
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