Ecclesiastes 7:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.”
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“Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 7:10 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
- Judges 6:13“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
- Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
- Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
- Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
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