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Ecclesiastes 7:21
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Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you.
Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.
Don’t pay attention to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,
Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
Don't listen to everything people say. You might hear your own servant saying bad things about you.
Also, do not take seriously everything that is said, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you,
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
Don't listen to everything that everyone says, or you might hear your servant cursing you.
Also, don't take seriously every word spoken, such as when you hear your servant speaking badly of you;
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
Also take no heede vnto all words that are spoken; lest thou heare thy seruant curse thee.
For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.
Also, do not give your heart to all the words they speak, that you not hear your servant cursing you.
Don't listen to everything people say, or you might hear your servant insulting you.
Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.
Don't eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you.
Do not listen to all the things that are said, or you might hear your servant cursing you.
Do not give heed to everything that people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you;
Moreover, not to all the words which men speak, do thou apply thy heart, - lest thou hear thine own servant reviling thee!
(7-22) But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
Also take no heed of all words that are spoken by the wicked; neither listen to your servant when he curses you;
Don't pay attention to everything people say—you may hear your servant insulting you,
Also, do not take seriously all the words which are spoken, so that you do not hear your servant cursing you,
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee:
But also yyue thou not thin herte to alle wordis, that ben seid; lest perauenture thou here thi seruaunt cursynge thee;
Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you;
Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your slave curse you;
Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:
Don't eavesdrop on the conversation of others. What if the gossip's about you and you'd rather not hear it? You've done that a few times, haven't you—said things Behind someone's back you wouldn't say to his face?
Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.
Also, do not give your heart to all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your slave cursing you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
take no heed: Heb. give not thine heart, 2 Samuel 19:19
unto: 2 Samuel 16:10, Isaiah 29:21, 1 Corinthians 13:5-7
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:9 - General Ecclesiastes 10:20 - thought
Cross-References
Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20">[xr] And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.
So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit [fn] of life, all that was on the dry land, died.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken,.... Seeing so it is, that imperfection attends the best of men, no man is wise at all times, foolish words and unguarded expressions will sometimes drop from him, which it is better to take no notice of; they should not be strictly attended to, and closely examined, since they will not bear it. A man should not listen to everything that is said of himself or others; he should not curiously inquire what men say of him; and what he himself hears he should take no notice of; it is often best to let it pass, and not call it over again; to feign the hearing of a thing, or make as if you did not hear it; for oftentimes, by rehearsing a matter, or taking up words spoken, a deal of trouble and mischief follows; a man should not "give [his] heart" f to it, as it is in the Hebrew text; he should not give his mind to what is said of him, but be careless and indifferent about it; much less should he lay it up in his mind, and meditate revenge for it. The Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, restrain it to words spoken by wicked men, whose tongues are their own, and will say what they please; among these may be ranked, more especially, detractors, whisperers, backbiters, and talebearers, who should not be listened unto and encouraged; though there is no necessity of thus limiting the sense, which is more general, and may include what is said by any man, even good men, since they have their infirmities; it seems chiefly to have respect to defamatory words, by what follows;
lest thou hear thy servant curse thee; speak slightly, scoffingly, and reproachfully of thee, as Shimei of David; which must be very disagreeable and vexatious to hear from one so mean and abject, and who is dependent on him, earns his bread of him, and gets his livelihood in his service; and to whom, perhaps, he has been kind, and so is guilty of base ingratitude, which aggravates the more; or, if not, if what he says is just, to hear it must give great uneasiness.
f ×× ×ª×ª× ××× "ne des tuum cor", Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Curse ... cursed - Rather, speak evil of ... spoken evil of.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 21. Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken — This is good advice, and much for every man's peace through life.
Thy servant curse thee — ×ק××× mekallelecha, make light of thee, speak evil of thee.
