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Ecclesiastes 7:20-22 GW
(20) Certainly, there is no one so righteous on earth that he always does what is good and never sins.
(21) Don't take everything that people say to heart, or you may hear your own servant cursing you.
(22) Your conscience knows that you have cursed others many times.
Ecclesiastes 7:20-22 BBE
(20) There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
(21) Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
(22) Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
Ecclesiastes 7:20-22 NWT
20 For there is no man righteous in the earth that keeps doing good and does not sin. 21 Also, do not give your heart to all the words that people may speak, that you may not hear your servant calling down evil upon you. 22 For your own heart well knows even many times that you, even you, have called down evil upon others.
Ecclesiastes 7:20-22 GNB
(20) There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.
(21) Don't pay attention to everything people say---you may hear your servant insulting you,
(22) and you know yourself that you have insulted other people many times.
Ecclesiastes 7:20-22 CEV
(20) No one in this world always does right.
(21) Don't listen to everything that everyone says, or you might hear your servant cursing you.
(22) Haven't you cursed many others?
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation