Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 408 [e] אַל־ ’al- Not Adv 1961 [e] תְּהִ֤י tə-hî do be V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-2ms 6662 [e] צַדִּיק֙ ṣad-dîq righteous Adj-ms 7235 [e] הַרְבֵּ֔ה har-bêh overly V-Hifil-InfAbs 408 [e] וְאַל־ wə-’al- and not Conj-w | Adv 2449 [e] תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם tiṯ-ḥak-kam be wise yourself V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms 3148 [e] יוֹתֵ֑ר yō-w-ṯêr overly N-ms 4100 [e] לָ֖מָּה lām-māh why Interrog 8074 [e] תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם׃ tiš-šō-w-mêm should you be desolate V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms

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

Young's Literal Translation
Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

New American Standard Bible
Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?

King James Bible
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? Ecclesiastes 7:16 • Ecclesiastes 7:16 NIV • Ecclesiastes 7:16 NLT • Ecclesiastes 7:16 ESV • Ecclesiastes 7:16 NASB • Ecclesiastes 7:16 KJV • Ecclesiastes 7:16 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 7:16 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 7:16 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 7:16 German Bible

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