10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.


In Context

7 and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.

11 The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections of them as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.

12 And besides, my son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and [that which was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:10The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:10He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.