Ecclesiastes 7:17

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Note before…: Heb. not in thy time?

KJV · King James Version

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

WEB · World English Bible

Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

not: Jeremiah 2:33, 34; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 16:20; James 1:21
why: Genesis 38:7–10; 1 Samuel 25:38; Job 15:32, 33; Psalm 55:23; Proverbs 10:27; Acts 5:5, 10; Acts 12:23