Ecclesiastes 12:10

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth.

Darby Translation ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The Preacher sought to finde out pleasant wordes, and an vpright writing, euen the wordes of trueth.

Noyes Bible ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and to write correctly words of truth.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Koheleth sought to find out acceptable words, and that which would be written down uprightly, even words of truth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Koheleth sought to find out words of delight, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

King James Version ☆

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.

Webster Bible ☆

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

Revised Version ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The Preacher sought diligently To find out acceptable words, And a correct writing, even words of truth.

World English Bible ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written [by] the upright, words of truth.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Kohelet searched to find out divrei chefetz; and that which was written was yosher, even divrei emes.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْجَامِعَةُ طَلَبَ أَنْ يَجِدَ كَلِمَاتٍ مُسِرَّةً مَكْتُوبَةً بِٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ، كَلِمَاتِ حَقٍّ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဓမ္မဒေသနာဆရာသည် နားထောင်ဘွယ်သော စကားကိုရှာ၍၊ ရေးထားချက်စကားသည် ဖြောင့်မတ် သောစကား၊ သမ္မာစကားဖြစ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဓမ္မဒေသနာဆရာ သည် နားထောင် ဘွယ်သော စကား ကိုရှာ ၍ ၊ ရေးထား ချက်စကားသည် ဖြောင့်မတ် သောစကား၊ သမ္မာ စကား ဖြစ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Patukung loe tapom thaih koiah kaom loknawk to hnuk thai hanah pakrong, anih mah tarik ih loknawk loe toeng moe, loktang lok ah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Thuituenkung loh kongaih ol te hmuh hamla a tlap tih oltak ol te a dueng la a daek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Thuituenkung loh kongaih ol te hmuh hamla a tlap tih oltak ol te a dueng la a daek.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

传道者专心寻求可喜悦的言语，是凭正直写的诚实话。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

傳道者專心尋求可喜悅的言語，是憑正直寫的誠實話。

World Chinese Bible ☆

传道者寻求可喜悦的话，以及正直写下的真理之言。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ujedno se Propovjednik trudio pronaći prikladne riječi i izravno izraziti istinu.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Snažovaltě se kazatel vyhledati věci nejžádostivější, a napsal, což pravého jest, a slova věrná.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Prædikeren søgte at finde Fyndord og optegnede sanddru Lære, Sandhedsord.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De prediker zocht aangename woorden uit te vinden, en het geschrevene is recht, woorden der waarheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

De Prediker wist puntige gezegden te vinden, En rake spreuken op schrift te stellen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Penis la Predikanto trovi agrablajn parolojn, kaj li skribis ĝuste vortojn de vero.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le prédicateur s’est étudié à trouver des paroles agréables ; et ce qui a été écrit est droit, des paroles de vérité.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

L'Ecclésiaste s'est appliqué à trouver des paroles agréables. Ce qui a été écrit l'a été avec droiture; ce sont des paroles de vérité.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Vanité des vanités, dit l’Ecclésiaste, tout est vanité.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

L'Ecclésiaste s'efforça de trouver des paroles agréables et d'écrire avec droiture des paroles de vérité.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Prediger suchte angenehme Worte zu finden; und das Geschriebene ist richtig, Worte der Wahrheit.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Er suchte, daß er fände angenehme Worte, und schrieb recht die Worte der Wahrheit.

German Textbibel ☆

Es suchte der Prediger, anmutige Worte zu finden und in Aufrichtkeit Niedergeschriebenes, wahrhaftige Worte.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Der Prediger suchte gefällige Worte zu finden und die Worte der Wahrheit richtig aufzuzeichnen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

πολλὰ ἐζήτησεν ἐκκλησιαστὴς τοῦ εὑρεῖν λόγους θελήματος καὶ γεγραμμένον εὐθύτητος, λόγους ἀληθείας.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Πολλὰ ἐζήτησεν Ἐκκλησιαστὴς τοῦ εὑρεῖν λόγους θελήματος, καὶ γεγραμμένον εὐθύτητος, λόγους ἀληθείας.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Li pran san li pou li jwenn pawòl ki pou fè moun plezi. Men nan tou sa li ekri, li bay verite a jan li wè l' la.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua imi iho la ke kahuna e loaa mai na olelo oluolu, a o na mea i kakauia, he olelo pololei ia a me ka oiaio hoi.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

בִּקֵּ֣שׁ קֹהֶ֔לֶת לִמְצֹ֖א דִּבְרֵי־חֵ֑פֶץ וְכָת֥וּב יֹ֖שֶׁר דִּבְרֵ֥י אֱמֶֽת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

בקש קהלת למצא דברי חפץ וכתוב ישר דברי אמת׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

VANITÀ delle vanità, dice il Predicatore; ogni cosa è vanità .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

(H12-12) L’Ecclesiaste s’è applicato a trovare delle parole gradevoli; esse sono state scritte con dirittura, e sono parole di verità.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

伝道者は心にかなう言葉を見いだし、真理の言葉を正しく書き記そうとした。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

전도자가 힘써 아름다운 말을 구하였나니 기록한 것은 정직하여 진리의 말씀이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet sac el srike in sokak kas in akwoye, tusruktu kas ma el simusla arulana pwaye.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quæsivit verba utilia, et conscripsit sermones rectissimos ac veritate plenos.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

جامعه تفحص نمود تا سخنان مقبول را پیداکند و کلمات راستی را که به استقامت مکتوب باشد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O Pregador procurou encontrar palavras agradáveis, e aquilo que foi escrito com retidão, palavras de verdade.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O Pregador procurou achar palavras agradáveis, e escreveu coisas corretas, palavras de verdade.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Predicatorul a căutat să afle cuvinte bine primite; și ceea ce s-a scris este integru, cuvinte ale adevărului.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Еклезиастул а кэутат сэ афле кувинте плэкуте ши сэ скрие ынтокмай кувинтеле адевэрулуй.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Старался Екклесиаст приискивать изящные изречения, и слова истины написаны им верно.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Staraše se propovednik da nađe ugodne reči, i napisa šta je pravo, reči istine.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Стараше се проповедник да нађе угодне речи, и написа шта је право, речи истине.

Mashi Bible ☆

Koheleti àli alonzize okuyandika emyanzi minunu n’okusiriba bwinjà enkengêro z’okunali.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Procuró el Predicador hallar palabras agradables, y escritura recta, palabras de verdad.

Spanish BLL ☆

El Predicador se esforzó por encontrar las palabras más adecuadas para escribir la verdad con mucha claridad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Procuró el Predicador hallar palabras agradables y escritura recta, palabras de verdad.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El Predicador hizo una búsqueda de palabras agradables, pero sus escritos fueron rectos y verdaderos.

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Procuró el Predicador hallar palabras agradables, palabras de verdad escritas correctamente.

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Revised West Version ☆

Naʻe kumi ʻe he Malanga ke ne maʻu ʻae lea lelei: pea ko ia kuo tohi ʻoku totonu ia, pea ko e ngaahi lea ia ʻoe moʻoni.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Проповідник старався добірати хороші вискази, й слова правди списав вірно.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Проповідник старався добірати хороші вискази, й слова правди списав вірно.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Kẻ truyền đạo có chuyên lo tìm kiếm những câu luận tốt đẹp; và các lời đã viết ra đều là chánh trực và chân thật.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

בִּקֵּ֣שׁ קֹהֶ֔לֶת לִמְצֹ֖א דִּבְרֵי־חֵ֑פֶץ וְכָת֥וּב יֹ֖שֶׁר דִּבְרֵ֥י אֱמֶֽת׃