Ecclesiastes 7:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

ASV Byzantine Text

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Asang Khongca Bible

Toeng hmoek hmah loe, palungha hmoek hmah; tipongah nangmah hoi nangmah to nam ro han loe?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Aka dueng koek la om boel lamtah hoeikhangnah aih ham khaw cueih boeh. Balae tih namah na phae uh?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Aka dueng koek la om boel lamtah hoeikhangnah aih ham khaw cueih boeh. Balae tih namah na phae uh?

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Mai hoonui i koa pono, aole hoi oe e hoomahuahua i kou naauao; no ke aha la oe e hoomake ia oe iho?

English Berean Standard Bible

Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pa chache twò bon, ni gen twòp lespri. Sa ou bezwen touye tèt ou fè?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Hæc quoque vidi in diebus vanitatis meæ: justus perit in justitia sua, et impius multo vivit tempore in malitia sua.

Bible in Basic English

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Ne sois pas juste à l’excès, et ne fais pas le sage outre mesure ; pourquoi te détruirais-tu ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebývej příliš spravedlivý, aniž buď příliš moudrý. Proč máš na zkázu přicházeti?

Kosraean Bible

Ke ma inge nik kom arulana orek suwohs ku orek lalmwetmet — mwe mea kom in sifacna unikomi?

World Portuguese Bible

Não seja excessivamente justo, nem se faça excessivamente sábio. Por que você deveria se destruir?

Romanian BTF Bible

Nu fi drept peste măsură, nici nu te face peste măsură de înțelept; de ce să te nimicești pe tine însuți?

Brenton English Septuagint

Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.

Burmese Common Language Bible

လွန်ကျူးစွာ မဖြောင့်မတ်နှင့်။ လွန်ကျူးစွာ ပညာမရှိနှင့်။ အဘယ်ကြောင့် ကိုယ်အကျိုးကို ဖျက်ချင် သနည်း။

Darby Translation

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Sei nicht allzu gerecht, und erzeige dich nicht übermäßig weise: warum willst du dich verderben?

Dutch Bible 1917

Wees niet al te rechtvaardig, noch houd uzelven al te wijs; waarom zoudt gij verwoesting over u brengen?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Overdrijf dus uw braafheid niet, en wees niet te wijs; Waarom zoudt gij teleurgesteld worden?

Italian Diodati Bible

Non esser troppo giusto, e non farti savio oltre misura ; perchè ti diserteresti?

Douay-Rheims 1899

These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.

Geneva Bible 1599

In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

Noyes Bible

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself over-wise! Why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Danish Bible 1931

Vær ikke alt for retfærdig og te dig ikke overvættes viis; hvorfor vil du ødelægge dig selv?

Leeser Tanakh

Be not righteous over much; neither show thyself over wise: why wouldst thou destroy thyself?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

King James Version

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

King James Version + Apocrypha

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Chớ công bình quá, cũng đừng làm ra mình khôn ngoan quá; cớ sao làm thiệt hại cho mình?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Revised West Version

‌ʻOua naʻa lahi fau hoʻo māʻoniʻoni; pea ʻoua naʻa ke kumi ki he poto lahi fau: he ko e hā te ke fakaʻauha ai koe ʻe koe pe?

French Ostervald Bible

Ne sois pas juste à l'excès, et ne te fais pas trop sage; pourquoi te perdrais-tu?

Esperanto Bible

Ne estu tro virta, kaj ne rezonu tro multe: kial vi devas vin konfuzi?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ne sois pas juste à l’excès, et ne te montre pas trop sage: pourquoi te détruirais-tu?

German Luther Bible 1912

Sei nicht allzu gerecht und nicht allzu weise, daß du dich nicht verderbest.

LXX2012 U. S. English

I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.

British English Septuagint 2012

I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.

Majority Standard BIble

Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Webster Bible

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?

Revised Version

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Non esser troppo giusto, e non ti far savio oltremisura; perché ti distruggeresti?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ne sois pas juste à l'excès, et ne te montre pas trop sage. Pourquoi te détruirais-tu ?

Reina Valera 1909

No seas demasiado justo, ni seas sabio con exceso: ¿por qué te destruirás?

Spanish BLL

No trates de ser demasiado justo ni te las des de muy sabio. ¿Para qué acabar contigo mismo?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

No seas demasiado justo, ni seas sabio en exceso; ¿por qué habrás de destruirte?

Croatian Bible

Ne budi prepravedan i ne budi premudar; zašto da se uništavaš?

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ne budi suviše pravedan ni suviše mudar; zašto bi sebe upropastio?

German Textbibel

Sei nicht allzu gerecht und erzeige dich nicht übermäßig weise: warum willst du dich zu Grunde richten?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Be not very just; Neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אַל־תְּהִ֤י צַדִּיק֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה וְאַל־תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם יוֹתֵ֑ר לָ֖מָּה תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם׃

World English Bible

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

World English Bible (Catholic)

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

World English Bible British Edition

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

World English Bible Classic

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

World English Bible Updated

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

World Messianic Bible

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Young's Literal Translation

Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?

SEPTUAGINTA

μὴ γίνου δίκαιος πολύ, μηδὲ σοφίζου περισσά, μήποτε ἐκπλαγῇς.

Brenton Septuagint

Μὴ γίνου δίκαιος πολὺ, μηδὲ σοφίζου περισσὰ, μή ποτε ἐκπλαγῇς.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ну фи пря неприхэнит ши ну те арэта пря ынцелепт. Пентру че сэ те перзь сингур?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Та ти не будь надто строгим і не показуй себе мудрим над міру: чому тобі себе губити?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Та ти не будь надто строгим і не показуй себе мудрим над міру: чому тобі себе губити?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Не буди сувише праведан ни сувише мудар; зашто би себе упропастио?

Russian Synodal Bible

Не будь слишком строг, и не выставляй себя слишком мудрым; зачем тебе губить себя?

Hebrew Masoretic OT

אַל־תְּהִ֤י צַדִּיק֙ הַרְבֵּ֔ה וְאַל־תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם יֹותֵ֑ר לָ֖מָּה תִּשֹּׁומֵֽם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

אל תהי צדיק הרבה ואל תתחכם יותר למה תשומם׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

لَا تَكُنْ بَارًّا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا تَكُنْ حَكِيمًا بِزِيَادَةٍ. لِمَاذَا تَخْرِبُ نَفْسَكَ؟

Old Persion Version Bible

پس گفتم به افراط عادل مباش و خود را زیاده حکیم مپندار مبادا خویشتن را هلاک کنی.

Judson Burmese Bible

လွန်ကျူး စွာ မ ဖြောင့်မတ် နှင့်။ လွန်ကျူး စွာ ပညာ မ ရှိနှင့်။ အဘယ် ကြောင့်ကိုယ်အကျိုး ကို ဖျက်ချင် သနည်း။

Korean Bible 1910

지나치게 의인이 되지 말며 지나치게 지혜자도 되지 말라 어찌하여 스스로 패망케 하겠느냐

Japanese Freedom Bible

自分を正しい者としすぎるな。また、自分を知恵ある者としすぎるな。なぜ自らを滅ぼすのか。

World Chinese Bible

不要过分公义，也不要使自己过分有智慧。你何必毁灭自己呢？

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

不要行义过分，也不要过于自逞智慧，何必自取败亡呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

不要行義過分，也不要過於自逞智慧，何必自取敗亡呢？

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Não sejas justo demais, nem sejas sábio demais; para que destruirias a ti mesmo?

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Mashi Bible

Orhabâga mushinganyanya okurhalusire olugero, orhacijiraga murhimanya omu masù g’abandi; cici carhuma wacîlibuza?

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Sei nicht allzu gerecht und erzeige dich nicht übermäßig weise! Warum willst du dich selbst verderben?

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

No seas demasiado justo y no se demasiado sabio. ¿Por qué dejar que la destrucción venga sobre ti?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

No seas demasiado justo, Ni presumas ser muy sabio. ¿Por qué tienes que destruirte?

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

Do not be over much the tzaddik nor over much the chacham; why cause thyself desolation?

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