Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
WEB
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
YLT
Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
DBT
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).