Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 8:1"

Ecclesiastes 8:1

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1 ho can be compared with a wise person? Who else knows what a thing means? Wisdom lights up the face and softens a grim appearance.
1 Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person’s wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance.
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