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Ecclesiastes 7:17

Context

7:17 Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool;

otherwise 1  you might die before your time.

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Context

7:21 Also, do not pay attention to everything that people 2  say;

otherwise, 3  you might even hear 4  your servant cursing you.

1 tn Heb “Why?” The question is rhetorical.

2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Heb “so that you do not hear…”; or “lest you hear….”

4 tn The imperfect tense verb תִשְׁמַע (tishma’; from שָׁמַע [shama’, “to hear”]) functions in a modal sense, denoting possibility: “you might hear” (see IBHS 508 §31.4e).



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