Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom Needed Because No One is Truly Righteous

7:19 Wisdom gives a wise person more protection ¹ 

than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

7:10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these days?” ² 

for it is not wise to ask that. ³ 

[7:19]  ¹ tn Heb “gives strength.”

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “these.” “Days” does not appear in the Hebrew text as second time, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “It is not from wisdom that you ask about this.”