11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.
11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.
8 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
9 And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.
10 He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.
12 More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.
13 Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:
12:11The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.
12:11The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails-given by one Shepherd.
12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12:11The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections of them as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.
12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12:11The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12:11Words of the wise are as goads, and as fences planted by the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.