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


In Context

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

8 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Everything is meaningless!"

9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.

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

11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails-given by one Shepherd.

12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, 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.