Ecclesiastes 7:10

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire in wisdom concerning this.

Darby Translation ☆

Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.

Noyes Bible ☆

Say not, “What is the cause that the former days were better than these?” For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Thou must not say, How was it that the former days were better than these? for it is not out of wisdom that thou askest concerning this.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Say not thou: 'How was it that the former days were better than these?' for it is not out of wisdom that thou inquirest concerning this.

King James Version ☆

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 + Apocrypha ☆

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

Webster Bible ☆

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Revised Version ☆

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Say not, What has happened, That the former days were better than these? For thou dost not inquire in wisdom concerning this.

World English Bible ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

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

Say thou not, What is the cause that the yamim harishonim were better than these? For it is not because of chochmah that thou dost inquire concerning this.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لَا تَقُلْ: «لِمَاذَا كَانَتِ ٱلْأَيَّامُ ٱلْأُولَى خَيْرًا مِنْ هَذِهِ؟» لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَنْ حِكْمَةٍ تَسْأَلُ عَنْ هَذَا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရှေးကာလသည် ယခုကာလထက် အလယ် ကြောင့် သာ၍ကောင်းသနည်းဟုမမေးနှင့်။ ထိုသို့မေး လျှင်၊ ပညာတရားအတိုင်းမေးသည်မဟုတ်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှေး ကာလ သည် ယခုကာလထက် အဘယ် ကြောင့်သာ၍ကောင်း သနည်းဟုမ မေး နှင့်။ ထိုသို့မေး လျှင်၊ ပညာ တရားအတိုင်း မေး သည်မ ဟုတ်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Tipongah canghnii ih aninawk loe vaihi thuem ih aninawk pongah hoih kue loe, tiah dueng hmah; to baktih lokduenghaih loe palungha lok na ai ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

“Balae tih hnukbuet kah a tue aka om te tahae kah lakah a then la a om?” ti boeh. Te bang te cueihnah neh na dawt moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

“Balae tih hnukbuet kah a tue aka om te tahae kah lakah a then la a om?” ti boeh. Te bang te cueihnah neh na dawt moenih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

不要说： 先前的日子强过如今的日子， 是什么缘故呢？ 你这样问，不是出于智慧。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

不要說： 先前的日子強過如今的日子， 是甚麼緣故呢？ 你這樣問，不是出於智慧。

World Chinese Bible ☆

不要说：“为什么从前的日子比现在好呢？”因为你这样问并不是出于智慧。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ne pitaj zašto su negdašnja vremena bila bolja od ovih, jer to nije mudro pitanje.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Neříkej: Èím jest to, že dnové první lepší byli nežli tito? Nebo bys se nemoudře na to vytazoval.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Spørg ikke: “Hvoraf kommer det, at de gamle Dage var bedre end vore?” Thi således spørger du ikke med Visdom.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Zeg niet: Wat is er, dat de vorige dagen beter geweest zijn, dan deze? Want gij zoudt naar zulks niet uit wijsheid vragen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Vraag niet, waarom vroeger de tijden beter waren dan nu; Want niet uit wijsheid vraagt ge zo iets.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ne diru: Kial la antaŭaj tagoj estis pli bonaj, ol la nunaj? ĉar ne el saĝeco vi ĉi tion demandus.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Ne dis pas : Comment se fait-il que les jours précédents ont été meilleurs que ceux-ci ? car ce n’est pas par sagesse que tu t’enquiers de cela.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ne dis point: D'où vient que les jours passés étaient meilleurs que ceux-ci? Car ce n'est point par sagesse que tu t'enquiers de cela.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ne dis pas: D’où vient que les jours passés étaient meilleurs que ceux-ci? Car ce n’est point par sagesse que tu demandes cela.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ne dis pas : « Pourquoi les jours passés étaient-ils meilleurs que ceux-ci ? » Car ce n'est pas par sagesse que tu poses cette question.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Sprich nicht: Wie ist es, daß die früheren Tage besser waren als diese? Denn nicht aus Weisheit fragst du danach.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Sprich nicht: Was ist's, daß die vorigen Tage besser waren als diese? denn du fragst solches nicht weislich.

German Textbibel ☆

Sage nicht: Wie kommt's, daß die früheren Tage besser waren, als die jetzigen? Denn nicht aus Weisheit fragst du darnach.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Sprich nicht: Wie kommt es, daß die frühern Tage besser waren als diese? Denn nicht aus Weisheit fragst du so!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

μὴ εἴπῃς· τί ἐγένετο ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι αἱ πρότεραι ἦσαν ἀγαθαὶ ὑπὲρ ταύτας; ὅτι οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐπηρώτησας περὶ τούτου.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Μὴ εἴπῃς, τί ἐγένετο, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι αἱ πρότεραι ἦσαν ἀγαθαὶ ὑπὲρ ταύτας; ὅτι οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐπηρώτησας περὶ τούτου.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pa janm mande poukisa tan lontan te pi bon pase tan n'ap viv koulye a. Moun ki gen bon konprann p'ap mande bagay konsa.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Mai olelo ae oe, No ke aha la i oi aku ai ka maikai o na la kahiko mamua o keia mau la? No ka mea, aole i naauao kau ninau ana mai pela.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אַל־תֹּאמַר֙ מֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה שֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים הָי֥וּ טֹובִ֖ים מֵאֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֛י לֹ֥א מֵחָכְמָ֖ה שָׁאַ֥לְתָּ עַל־זֶֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אל תאמר מה היה שהימים הראשנים היו טובים מאלה כי לא מחכמה שאלת על זה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Non dire: Che vuol dire che i giorni di prima sono stati migliori di questi? perciocchè tu non domanderesti di ciò per sapienza.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Non dire: “Come mai i giorni di prima eran migliori di questi?” poiché non è per sapienza che tu chiederesti questo.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

「なぜ昔の日々は今より良かったのか」と言ってはならない。それは知恵から出た問いではない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

옛날이 오늘보다 나은 것이 어찜이냐 하지 말라 이렇게 묻는 것이 지혜가 아니니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nikmet siyuk, “Efu ku ma meet ah wo liki na ma pacl inge uh?” Tiana kusen siyuk lalmwetmet se.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Ne sis velox ad irascendum, quia ira in sinu stulti requiescit.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

مگو چرا روزهای قدیم از این زمان بهتربود زیرا که در این خصوص از روی حکمت سوال نمی کنی.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Não diga: “Por que os dias passados foram melhores do que estes?” Pois não é com sabedoria que você pergunta sobre isso.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Nunca digas: Por que os dias passados foram melhores que os atuais? Pois nunca com sabedoria perguntarias isso.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Nu spune: Cum se face că zilele de mai înainte erau mai bune decât acestea? Pentru că nu din înțelepciune cercetezi despre aceasta.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ну зиче: „Кум се фаче кэ зилеле де май ынаинте ерау май буне декыт ачестя?” Кэч ну дин ынцелепчуне ынтребь аша.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Не говори: “отчего это прежние дни были лучше нынешних?”, потому что не от мудрости ты спрашиваешь об этом.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ne govori: Šta je to, te su pređašnji dani bili bolji od ovih? Jer ne bi bilo mudro da za to pitaš.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Не говори: Шта је то, те су пређашњи дани били бољи од ових? Јер не би било мудро да за то питаш.

Mashi Bible ☆

Orhaderhaga erhi: cici cirhumire ensiku zàli burhanzi zilusha eziri buno? Kulya kubà eryôla idôso lirhali lya burhimanya.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Nunca digas: ¿Qué es la causa que los tiempos pasados fueron mejores que éstos? Porque nunca de esto preguntarás con sabiduría.

Spanish BLL ☆

No preguntes: “¿Por qué eran mejores los tiempos pasados?”, porque no es de sabios hacerse esa pregunta.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Nunca digas: «¿Cuál es la causa de que los tiempos pasados fueron mejores que estos?»; porque nunca preguntarás con sabiduría sobre esto.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

No digas: ¿Por qué los días que han pasado son mejores que estos? Tal pregunta no proviene de la sabiduría.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Nunca digas: ¿Por qué los tiempos pasados fueron mejores que éstos? No es sabio que preguntes esto.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOua naʻa ke pehē, “Ko e hā naʻe lelei lahi ai ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko eni?” He ʻoku ʻikai te ke fai fakapotopoto ʻi hoʻo fehuʻi ki he meʻa ni.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Не кажи: Чому то давні часи були лучші теперешніх? бо не мудрість надихає тебе сим питаннєм.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Не кажи: Чому то давні часи були лучші теперешніх? бо не мудрість надихає тебе сим питаннєм.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Chớ nói rằng: Nhân sao ngày trước tốt hơn ngày bây giờ? Vì hỏi vậy là chẳng khôn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אַל־תֹּאמַר֙ מֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה שֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים הָי֥וּ טוֹבִ֖ים מֵאֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֛י לֹ֥א מֵחָכְמָ֖ה שָׁאַ֥לְתָּ עַל־זֶֽה׃