Ecclesiastes 7:22 BSB

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

KJV

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth,.... Or "thy conscience", as the Vulgate Latin version, which is as a thousand witnesses; which, if a man attends to, he will be convinced of his own faults, failings, and infirmities, he is frequently in the commission of.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou thyself - hast cursed others - קללת kalalta, thou hast spoken evil; hast vilified others. O, who is free from evil speaking, from uncharitable speaking; from detailing their neighbor’s faults, from whispering, talebearing, and backbiting? Do not wonder if God, in his justice, permit thee to be calumniated, seeing thou hast so frequently calumniated others. See my discourse on Psa 15:1-5 (note).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
פְּעָמִ֥ים	pe.'a.Mim	times	H6471 →
רַבּ֖וֹת	ra.Bot	many	H7227 →
יָדַ֣ע	ya.Da'	it knows	H3045 →
לִבֶּ֑ךָ	li.Be.kha	heart your	H3820 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'at	you	H859 →
קִלַּ֥לְתָּ	ki.Lal.ta	you have cursed	H7043 →
אֲחֵרִֽים׃	'a.che.Rim	others	H312 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7043kilaltayou have cursed82×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
leads to
- Mark 7:21–23
  For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- James 1:13–15
  When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
- Titus 3:2–6
  to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
Through
James 3:9
With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
leads to
- Psalms 10:7
  His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Genesis 1:26–27
  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
- Psalms 62:4
  They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ecclesiastes

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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