Common English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:19-24 Common English Bible (CEB)

19. Wisdom makes a wise person stronger than ten rulers who are in a city.

20. Remember: there’s no one on earth so righteous as to do good only and never make a mistake.

21. Don’t worry about all the things people say, so you don’t hear your servant cursing you.

22. After all, you know that you’ve often cursed others yourself!

23. I tested all of this by wisdom. I thought, I will be wise, but it eluded me.

24. All that happens is elusive and utterly unfathomable. Who can grasp it?