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Ecclesiastes 7:20

Ecclesiastes chapter 7 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Context

v.19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

v.20This passage

v.21Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 20:9

    Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

  • 2 Chronicles 6:36

    If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;

  • James 3:2

    For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

  • Romans 3:23

    for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

  • Isaiah 64:6

    For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

  • Job 15:14

    What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?