Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom Needed Because No One is Truly Righteous

7:19 Wisdom gives a wise person more protection

than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

10:5 I have seen another misfortune on the earth:

It is an error a ruler makes.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

8:8 Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it,

so no one has power over the day of his death.

Just as no one can be discharged during the battle,

so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.


tn Heb “gives strength.”

tn The term “another” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to indicate that this is not the first “misfortune” described by the Teacher. See 5:13, 16; 6:1-2.

tn Heb “an evil.”

tn Heb “under the sun.”

tn Heb “like an error that comes forth from the presence of a ruler.”

tn Heb “There is not a man who has mastery over the wind to restrain the wind.”

tn The word “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “There is no discharge in war.”

tn Heb “its owners.”