Ecclesiastes 7:17
Parallel Translations


NASB: Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Don't be too wicked, and don't be a fool. Why should you die before your time is up? (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
ASV: Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
BBE: Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
DBY: Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
JPS: Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?
WBS: Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldst thou die before thy time?
WEB: Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
YLT: Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

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