Ecclesiastes 7:5
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It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.
Read Ecclesiastes 7:5 Using Other Translations
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool.
What does Ecclesiastes 7:5 mean?
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Ecclesiastes 7:5
FOOTNOTES:
F9 (Mylyok ryv emv vyam) "quam vir audiens canticum stultorum", Montanus, Mercerus; "prae viro audiente canticum stultorum", Rambachius.
[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise
To listen to it diligently, receive it cordially, and act
according to it; though it may be disagreeable to the flesh, and
give present pain, yet the effect and issue will be good, and
show that man to be wise that hears it, as well as he that gives
it; see ( Psalms 141:1
) ( Proverbs
15:31 Proverbs
15:32 ) ( 17:10 ) ;
than for a man to hear the song of fools;
the vain and impure songs that foolish men sing in the house of
mirth; or the flatteries of foolish men, which tickle and please
the mind, as music and songs do: or, "than a man that hears the
song of fools" F9, and is pleased with it.
F9 (Mylyok ryv emv vyam) "quam vir audiens canticum stultorum", Montanus, Mercerus; "prae viro audiente canticum stultorum", Rambachius.
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