20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.


In Context

17 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.

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

20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

21 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:20There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:20For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20For there is not a just man on earth, that does good, and sins not.