Ecclesiastes 7:20
What does Ecclesiastes 7:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 7:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Context
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?
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