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Ecclesiastes 7:21-22

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7:21 Also, do not pay attention to everything that people 1  say;

otherwise, 2  you might even hear 3  your servant cursing you.

7:22 For you know in your own heart 4 

that you also have cursed others many times.

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

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

3 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).

4 tn Heb “your heart knows.”



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