Ecclesiastes 7:8

7:8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning;

likewise, patience is better than pride.


tn The term דָבָר (davar) denotes “matter; thing” here rather than “speech; word,” as the parallelism with “patience” suggests. The term was misunderstood as “speech; word” by the Vulgate (so also Douay).

tn Heb “the patient of spirit.”

tn Heb “the proud of spirit.”